Priest in Catholic Church of the Abakaliki Diocese, Fr Abraham Nwali on Sunday condemned the sudden increment of commercial sex workers especially young girls from the southeastern region of Nigeria.
Nwali, who is the South East Zonal Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) made the condemnation while passing a sermon at Saint Paul's Catholic Church, Onuebonyi in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital.
The Reverend Father was reacting to the trending video online of some underaged Nigerian girls who were trafficked to Ghana.
According to the priest, the girls in the trending video revealed that they are between the ages of 15-18 years old.
Three of the girls reportedly share the same parents. They were trafficked to Ghana by the brother of one of the girls also captured in the viral video.
The girls further revealed that they have been forced to sleep with men, and are not even given the money they make. They also revealed that their telephones were seized by the traffickers.
His words: "Imagine how sexual intercourse - prostitution has become a lucrative industry to females in Nigeria. In a trending video online, about eight young girls from Igbo land were trafficked to Ghana for commercial sex. They are between the ages of 15 and 18. Three of the girls, said, they are from the same parents and this has shown high-level decay in our society today.
Nwali, however, called on parents, caregivers and educators to be more proactive in child care and moral upbringing, attributing the causes of the negativities increasing societal decadence to lust, greed and drunkenness, among others.
"The will and wishes of the Almighty Father, God our Creator have been ambushed by people. We are rather focusing on lust in loss, greed and drunkenness. We must strive to conquer lust, greed, drunkenness, among other practices leading us to waywardness to merit eternity as children of God," Nwali hinted.
