Stealing from the poor is Abuja’s favourite game
14-09-2026 07:32 via vanguardngr.com

Stealing from the poor is Abuja’s favourite game

By Dele Sobowale
Two former Ministers of Humanitarian Services – one sacked but allowed to go home and the other now on the run – symbolize how public servants in Abuja view Nigeria’s poor people. They are not to be helped; they are to be robbed. President Tinubu, like his predecessors, Jonathan and Buhari – is just finding that out the hard way. If he wants to know why the poor people are not experiencing the positive impacts of his reforms, he will be well advised
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