Aisha, who lives in the mainly Muslim state of Kano, which is in the fourth week of a lockdown described to the BBC, the devastation the pandemic has caused her financial strength. She tried to carry on working, but it’s not possible because of the lockdown, and also because of the Ramadan period.

“Almost everybody here is a Muslim, so it’s not possible because in the afternoon they are all around with their family and in the evening they want to go and break their fast with their family.

“Most of our clients are married men, so it’s not easy for them coming out,” Aisha cried.

Kano state and several other enclaves in the north introduced Islamic law, known as Sharia in 2000, banning prostitution, gambling, the consumption of alcohol, and many other vices.

“We just have to look for another alternative and another means. The government doesn’t even want to know how sex workers are doing here in Nigeria. But my funds are finished. They’re gone. And I don’t have any alternative,” Aisha said. “I am able to pay my bills because of the support from some clients – those that care.”

The little Aisha has, she shares with her sisters. “So it’s not easy. And I don’t know how long this is going to be. She said she “feels disappointed that my government hasn’t given us any support. The government is not trying at all.”