Aisha Salaudeen, a journalist who works with CNN, has called out a Harzoyka restaurant in GRA, Lagos, over its refusal to allow her and her friend to gain entry.
According to her, she got kicked out of the restaurant because their new policy says no women allowed.
She wrote on Twitter: I got kicked out of Harzoyka restaurant in GRA Ikeja today because according to them, they have a new policy – no women allowed. This is a restaurant I’ve visited multiple times in the past few years.
When I pressed about why I was been hushed out, I was told that to eat in there I had to be chaperoned by a man. I was too stunned to comment, I cannot have a meal because I’m a woman? @MsAdeola and I had to eat somewhere else.
I got kicked out of Harzoyka restaurant in GRA Ikeja today because according to them, they have a new policy – no women allowed. This is a restaurant I’ve visited multiple times in the past few years.
— Nana-Aisha (@AishaSalaudeen) November 8, 2020
When I pressed about why I was been hushed out, I was told that to eat in there I had to be chaperoned by a man. I was too stunned to comment, I cannot have a meal because I’m a woman? @MsAdeola and I had to eat somewhere else.
— Nana-Aisha (@AishaSalaudeen) November 8, 2020
This has sparked conversations from different quarters on the continued discrimination against women.