According to Nana, she used what she has to get what she needs after her boyfriend who was sponsoring her education abandoned her midway following lies told against her by jealous friends. Her words: "My boyfriend whom I met when I went to visit an uncle who was sponsoring my education. We had agreed to get married as soon as possible. Then some people i regard has a friends started peddling wicked lies against me without confirming if they were saying was true or false, he called it quits just like that. They told him I had an incurable disease. So, i decided to help myself because my parents cannot do anything for me. We are poor. My father used to be a driver but now he is unemployed while my mother is a full time housewife. Sometimes, she sells vegetables", They were paying me GH¢150 a month and you work late hours. But if you go out to hustle in the night, you can get that kind of money within a day or two. About 600 men slept with me from last year
BUHARI CAUTIONS RELIGIOUS, TRADITIONAL LEADERS AGAINST PARTISAN POLITICS.
President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday cautioned religious and traditional leaders against partisan politics, saying they risk losing their public esteem if they keep taking sides.
"Having witnessed the roles our religious leaders have been playing so far, I appeal to them to eschew partisan politics and appeal to their respective members to read and manifestos of each political party. Discuss and pray for God's guidance before casting their votes", Mr Buhari said during an interfaith conference.
"Religious leaders should not be seen to involve themselves in partisan politics or political controversies, otherwise they risk their status and public respect, " he added.
Mr Buhari met with religious leaders at an interfaith seminar in Abuja. Justin Welby, the Archbishop of carterbury in England, was present at the event and delivered a keynote. John Oniyekan, leaders of the Catholic Church in Nigeria, and Sa'ad Abubakar, sultan of Sokoto, were also present, according to a dispatch from the state House on Saturday afternoon.
He also extended the warning to traditional rulers, admonishing them to encourage people in their community to be critical of political party messages and reach an informed position before voting for candidates.
"on their part, traditional rulers also requested to enlighten their subjects,encourage them to ask questions and seek clarifications before going out to vote.
"As your president, I will request that you encourage your subjects to come out and exercise their voting rights as responsible citizens .To all of us politicians, i as that we discharge our political responsibilities with integrity, bearing in mind that we will one day give an account to God, the Almighty ",the President said.
The advice comes two days after some religious leaders helped settled a long standing animosity between former President Olusegun Obasanjo and Atiku Abubakar. Mr Abubakar emerged presidential candidate of the opposition people Democratic Party last Sunday.
Mathew Kukah, the Catholic Archbishop of Sokoto, David Oyedepo of the living faith church and Abubakar Gumi, an Islamic scholar and cleric, where present during the historic truce at Mr Obasanjo's residence in Abeokuta.
Whether Mr Buhari's condemnation of religious leaders 'involvement in politics had anything to do with the role played by the religious leaders in settling the dispute between messrs Obasanjo and Abubakar was not immediately apparent in his comments, but the presidency and the ruling All Progressive Congress have strongly criticised the reconciliation. Some of the president's supporters have also attacked the religious leaders for playing a key role in the reconciliation, which many saw as constituting a major boost to Mr Abubakar's campaign. Mr Gumi pushed back against such insinuations on Saturday, telling PREMIUM TIMES his intervention was purely on the basis of his faith as a true Muslim.
President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday cautioned religious and traditional leaders against partisan politics, saying they risk losing their public esteem if they keep taking sides.
"Having witnessed the roles our religious leaders have been playing so far, I appeal to them to eschew partisan politics and appeal to their respective members to read and manifestos of each political party. Discuss and pray for God's guidance before casting their votes", Mr Buhari said during an interfaith conference.
"Religious leaders should not be seen to involve themselves in partisan politics or political controversies, otherwise they risk their status and public respect, " he added.
Mr Buhari met with religious leaders at an interfaith seminar in Abuja. Justin Welby, the Archbishop of carterbury in England, was present at the event and delivered a keynote. John Oniyekan, leaders of the Catholic Church in Nigeria, and Sa'ad Abubakar, sultan of Sokoto, were also present, according to a dispatch from the state House on Saturday afternoon.
He also extended the warning to traditional rulers, admonishing them to encourage people in their community to be critical of political party messages and reach an informed position before voting for candidates.
"on their part, traditional rulers also requested to enlighten their subjects,encourage them to ask questions and seek clarifications before going out to vote.
"As your president, I will request that you encourage your subjects to come out and exercise their voting rights as responsible citizens .To all of us politicians, i as that we discharge our political responsibilities with integrity, bearing in mind that we will one day give an account to God, the Almighty ",the President said.
The advice comes two days after some religious leaders helped settled a long standing animosity between former President Olusegun Obasanjo and Atiku Abubakar. Mr Abubakar emerged presidential candidate of the opposition people Democratic Party last Sunday.
Mathew Kukah, the Catholic Archbishop of Sokoto, David Oyedepo of the living faith church and Abubakar Gumi, an Islamic scholar and cleric, where present during the historic truce at Mr Obasanjo's residence in Abeokuta.
Whether Mr Buhari's condemnation of religious leaders 'involvement in politics had anything to do with the role played by the religious leaders in settling the dispute between messrs Obasanjo and Abubakar was not immediately apparent in his comments, but the presidency and the ruling All Progressive Congress have strongly criticised the reconciliation. Some of the president's supporters have also attacked the religious leaders for playing a key role in the reconciliation, which many saw as constituting a major boost to Mr Abubakar's campaign. Mr Gumi pushed back against such insinuations on Saturday, telling PREMIUM TIMES his intervention was purely on the basis of his faith as a true Muslim.
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