The National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) on Thursday, November 26, made a shocking discovery that about 3, 500 male sex workers are plying their illicit trade in Abuja.
This revelation was made by the director-general of NACA, Professor John Idoko at the agency maiden lecture marking this year’s World AIDS Day.
Idoko added that the most disturbing aspect of the discovery was the identification that 60% of the male sex workers were married men, The Nation reports.
He noted that this trend will cause grave danger to their spouses that might be exposed to Human Immuno-Deficiency Virus (HIV).
The NACA chief noted that the agency was working hard to identify areas where these male sex workers ply their trade in order to end this trend
Idoko said “We found that if we focus our resources in three council areas of Gwagwalada, Bwari and Abuja Municipal, we would have covered a greater population of persons with HIV within the area.”
He pointed out that the AIDS control agency was developing interventions system to help in the reduction of contacts between infected and uninfected persons.
In a related development, the police in Delta state had reported the arrest of twenty-one students allegedly involved in gay activities within the state.
The suspected gays were reportedly arrested at two unnamed state-owned polytechnics in Asaba.
Source: Naij
