RSG Moves To Restore Urban Sanity

The ban on street prostitution in major streets in the New Government Reserved Area(GRA)and adjoining roads along Sanni Abacha Road in Obio Akpor LGA and Port Harcourt have started yielding results.
Already some brothels in Diobu axis have stopped playing loud music in their vicinity.
The reasons according to a manager of one of the brothels who spoke on basis of anonymity, “we don’t want the Governor’s problem, we decided to stop playing music due his order, but we still want to know if this our small small brothel is still included in the one the governor mentioned.”
Our correspondent who monitored the activities of the brothels said that despite check on live instrumentals not playing, business activities are still ongoing in the brothels with boys, men trooping in and out of the brothels.
According to one of the customers who spoke on condition of confidentiality, the instrumentals played from loud speakers played in the brothels keep the easy women displaying their wares around the area.
He said, “their visitors sit and drink even if they may not go in with girls sometime, but with the development, they will still come and wine but will not stay too long again,” he added.
Although before the ban on street prostitution by the governor during his New Year broadcast, the brothels played loud instrumentals from night till dawn, but since the ban no music had been played.
Recall that during the new year broadcast, Chief Wike banned street prostitution around the Abacha Road and its adjoining streets. He also ordered chairmen of this affected areas to comply with the order by arresting and prosecuting anyone cut in the act.
The governor made the declaration in his new year message to residents of Rivers State.
The state governor placed an indefinite ban on all nightclub activities, including night-time trading and street prostitution along Abacha Road and surrounding streets in Port Harcourt.
He said, “No responsible government should continue to tolerate the open display and solicitation of sexual services, drug abuse and public intoxication that takes place along the streets and public areas abutting some of these nightclubs, lounges and bars by the youths, some, as young as under 14 years.”
Chief Wike also banned street trading within and around Birabi Street, Hotel Presidential, GRA Junction up to Tombia Street, Rumuola Junction surroundings and under the flyover, Rumuogba Junction, Okoronodu Junction surroundings, among others.
The governor also read the riot act to truck pushers, scavengers and illegal refinery operators who he blamed for the harmful soot that continued to engulf the state.

By: Kevin Nengia