In the city of Lagos, the digital revolution takes firm grip
on the daily life of the citizens as shoppers are abandoning cash for digital
payment using their Value Cards to purchase needful things and luxurious
items––including sex! The cashless option has become popular among prostitutes and
operators of brothels and strippers.
Patrons of the city’s ‘fleshpots’ can attest that payment
via PoS has become the preferred payment mode in high-end brothels and strip
clubs of Lagos. “The introduction of PoS is a good one. Me, naturally don’t
go out with raw cash,” an old patron, Jeff, testified of the new development. City-wide findings show how this has changed
the dynamics of transactional sex at the city’s various red light districts.
The entrance of a ‘cashless’ sex house located in Ikotun, a
Lagos suburb carried the bold inscription on the wall: “PoS Available,” The
message is clear and boldly written. With PoS, it is ‘pay before service.’
Most of the rooms have PoS points. An extra one is at the
reception for general use. Kassy, one of the resident sex workers who manages a
beauty saloon and a boutique at daytime, brings her private PoS device to the
brothel as well for outside business of sex trade.
The sex-for-money mercenary described the introduction of
PoS as a blessing for the flesh trade.
“I have had issues with men complaining that they wanted to
have fun, but no cash at hand. But since the introduction of the PoS machine,
once you have your MasterCard, you are in for fun. Fun unlimited.”
Asked if it is pay-before-service, the fair-complexioned
prostitute said, “For me, as an independent person, it is not always. I have
trusted customers who don’t go about with raw cash. Once we are done, I will
bring out the machine for him to make the payment, there’s no big deal. But for
some JJC, it is pay before service to avoid stories that touch,” she said amid
a seductive smile.
Across the street, another unholy mansion also operates the
PoS regime. It has only one PoS terminal for the use of its inmates. According
to the price list, quickie goes for N5000 while an all-night romp is priced at
N15,000 but a customer would find himself punching in N5,200––including condom
cost for a short time sex. Take Away (go away with the lady) ranges between
30,000 and above depending on the shape and poise of the lady.
One of the commercial sex workers, Priye, who spoke with our
undercover reporter, complained that the management of the hotel often cheats
them by taking what she termed ‘outrageous commission’ from her hustle. The 300
level undergraduate of Delta State University said before now, she took home no
lesser than 20k per day. Now, she has to wait till the end of the week to get
her pay from the management of the hotel, after rent deductions.
“It is fun but crazy at the same time,” she says. “Before
now, I make about 20k per day and go away with my money, but since the
introduction of the PoS here, I will have to wait till the end of the week to
get my pay.”
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