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NYSC’S Camps Of Dildos, Others:
The news making round the popular social media platforms in Nigeria is that many girls posted for their National Youth Service Corps, NYSC service year in 2023 have this distinctive moral infestation associated with the widespread use of sex toys otherwise called dildos.
Although the Spokesperson of the NYSC in the headquarters in Abuja has tried strenuously to deny the story especially regarding the extensive confiscation of many sex toys in the Kwara camp of the NYSC, but this social trend has a long history and tradition amongst corpers.
A year ago, a similar story trended in the Edo camp of the NYSC. The use of dildos has a long history amongst girls right from their school hostels. This is why it makes no sense for anyone to try to deny that there was any incident of confiscation of sex toys from girls entering the NYSC CAMPS.
Olabisi Deji, a journalist did a story around September 3, 2021, in which female undergraduates narrated why they like using dildos.
The reporter stated that the rise in the use of sex toys by people craving for sexual pleasure is no longer news in Nigeria as merchants have confirmed that the sector has been experiencing a surge in sales.
However, new findings have shown that some students of tertiary institutions in the country now have a preference for sex toys over men.
Students who spoke with our reporter cited a myriad of personal reasons why they would rather choose sex toys over men.
A student of one of the universities in Lagos, Aliyah Babatunde, said sex toys became her companion when she got tired of hearing cases of men sleeping with women and then killing them for ritual.
According to her, another reason is that she got tired of “use-and-dump” – local parlance describing a situation where men lose interest in women after having sex with them.
“In these days of ‘use-and-dump’ by men, as well as when girls are being killed and declared missing after sleeping with men, sex toy is the way,” Aliyah said.
Specifically asked whether she uses sex toys, she replied, “Yes. What’s the big deal? Are you looking for someone to arrest? As far as I’m concerned, it’s not against the law.”
Aliyah’s fears may be justified as in recent times, there have been cases of men killing ladies after having sex with them.
For instance, in July, policemen from the Edo State command arrested one Kingsley Adebanyo for allegedly having sex with a girl and killing her thereafter.
According to her, she was in the past left heartbroken by men who “dumped” her after having sex with her and does not want to experience another heartbreak again.
Joy said even though she was married and had a child, she walked out of the marriage because her husband was “a cheat and beater.”
As there are female students who now rely on sex toys in Nigerian institutions, so are their counterparts in other tertiary institutions across the world.
For instance, a 2013 study in the United Kingdom revealed that Cambridge University students searched for ‘sex toys’ online 3,872 times, with students of Leeds University following close at 3,711 visits.
Students at Manchester University were 18th in terms of visits, 3,218, but were however the fourth highest spenders on sex toys.
The study showed that the students splurged £11,266 (N6.4 million) a year on sex toys. Their Cambridge colleagues came second, spending £9,410 (N5.3 million).
To put that into perspective, that’s just £200 less than a year’s tuition fees, with some psychologists saying maybe it’s the pressure of being at a top-level institution that got the students reaching for vibrators.
Psychologist speaks on sex toy use
Professor Oni Fagbohungbe of the Department of Psychology at the University of Lagos attributed the high demand for sex objects by women as a response to the human instinct for survival and safety.
He said women going for sex toys might be doing so out of fear of contracting sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) as the objects don’t cause infections.
Another factor, the don said, might be the cost of service, noting that the cost of keeping a sexual partner might be relatively expensive.
“The cost of transportation, hairdo, and clothes demanded by partners may be outrageous, while a one-off outright buying of a sex toy gives satisfaction,” Fagbohungbe said.
“Also, sometimes, partners tend not to be available for sexual activity due to distance, restrictions, or other reasons. But sex toys are available anywhere and at any time as people can carry them in their purses and bags,” he said.
Another factor the don cited is curiosity.
“Many are curious to find out the rate of satisfaction by sex toys compared to human organs; some people just want to know what it feels to use a sex toy,” he said.
However, in Nigeria, the National Youth Service Corps denied reports making the rounds on social media that some female Corps members at the Orientation Camp, Yikpata, Kwara State were caught with vibrators.
The Scheme described the story as false, insisting that such an incident never happened.
A statement signed by Eddy Megwa, Director, Press and Public Relations of the Scheme made this known on Wednesday.
“I wish to state categorically that such moral decadence never happened at Yikpata camp, as this report is a reflection of the imagination of the writer just to attract media attention.”
The Service advised the general public to disregard the fake news in its entirety as tissues of lies, that are unfounded and unsubstantiated which could only emanate from hallucination.”
I think the NYSC has missed a very good opportunity to intervene in checking the growing appetite of a lot of girls towards the use of sex toys which I think has become menacingly worrisome.
The use of sex toy is not limited to girls in the Universities.
A serving male Senator from Adamawa State was in the news not long ago for slapping the attendant at a sex toys shop in Abuja.
This is not to say that if the story is fake that the NYSC should admit that it happened. But is this not an opportunity to show that discipline and moral rectitude matters so much in the NYSC? Does it mean only Angels go to the camps? There have been instances whereby used condoms littered some of these NYSC’S Camps.
It is left for parents to find ways and means of weeding their children of the social misbehaviour of reliance on sex toys. The essence of going to school is to get a good education and good skills.
EMMANUEL ONWUBIKO is head of the HUMAN RIGHTS WRITERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA and was NATIONAL COMMISSIONER OF THE NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION OF NIGERIA.
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