Lol..! "Power outage is killing business for us" Ghanaian prostitutes lament

Commercial sex workers in Ghana are not happy with the state of power supply in that country. In a new research conducted by Weekend Sun, thirty-two sex workers who ply their trade at prestigious hotels and brothels in parts of Accra said erratic power supply in Ghana has crippled business for them. 

The sex workers at Toppers, a popular brothel at St. John's near Dome in Accra, said they've lost customers,   

"Since most of the guys simply don't wanna ‘tonga’ in a dark room.

"And I do understand them, because nobody will feel comfortable to have vigorous sex in the heat that invades the rooms when there's dum-sor. 

"For instance, if he wants to go for marathon, like all-night sex orgy, how do you do it in the heat? 

"You can just imagine how the two of you will be sweating profusely without a fan, " explains Afia Gloria...

19 year old Joyce who said she she became a hooker recently added,

"From where we stand, the dumsor means you can't see anything on the street; thecustomers cannot see what we look like. Why would they bother to come?"

"And even if we manage with some effort to get one, he is unwilling to ac­company you to a dark room some­where for short-time, let alone a full night of 'tonga'," added 23 year old Abiba.

"The all-night marathon is good for us because the men can do only so much. And then we get to sleep. If there’s no electricity, there is no com­fort; just hardship."

Afia Gloria, continues,
"I find myself in an emotional frenzy when the dumsor comes.

"Night is a hateful agent with its accompanying social vices like armed robbery and serial killing of women. These things scare me. And I know the men are also scared. So, it throws our business out of balance, and makes everything basaa."

At another brothel -  La Paz Bigot, 36 year old Aaliyaa who is originally from Liberia said,

"The patronage has reduced drasti­cally, and there is a sharp drop in income as fewer people are coming, there's more night crimes, and other so­cial factors associated with the frequent power blackouts just don't help us.
"When I first came here 14 years ago, business was good. We were over 120 girls in this area, but business was good. The lights were always on. Or at least you knew when they were going to be off. You knew everyone. Some of the men we gave sex on credit; some we called 'pre-paid' because they left money and came by whenever they felt like having sex.
"These days, we are only 59 offi­cially, and it's all gone crazy. It is crazy because we don't earn enough to give them some sex on credit; they don't earn enough to pay in advance; and the competition from the school girls all over the place is getting ridiculous.

"Men are screwing locally these days because the power outage is keeping them nearer their homes."