Robinhood robbed the rich to give the poor. But in President Tinubu’s kind of Robinhood policies, they rob the poor and give pittance to the very poor.
That is not redistribution. That is recycling of suffering.
They remove subsidy. Fuel jumps. Transport jumps. Food jumps. School fees jump. Then they announce “palliative.” 8,000 naira. A bag of rice. A trailer of garri. Camera flashes.
The rich are untouched. Their contracts are intact. Their fuel allowance is intact. Their jet is intact. But the poor? They are the ones paying first, and collecting last.
This is Robinhood in reverse. Take from the masses to fund the system, then throw crumbs back and ask for applause.
Real Robinhood policies would mean taxing luxury, cutting waste, blocking leakages, and putting money where it hurts: hospitals, schools, power, roads.
Real Robinhood policies would mean the rich feel the pinch first, not the market woman in Iguobazuwa and the okada man in Kano.
But what we have is: Rob the poor through policy, then give pittance to the very poor through PR.
To government, you cannot impoverish people in January and pacify them in December.
To the people, stop clapping for crumbs when your table was taken.
You cannot cure hunger with handouts. You cure it with jobs, with production, with dignity.
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