Thread by @Osi_Suave

Politicians have weaponised poverty

Its not like they dont know the right thing. As they are frequently abroad and they can see for themselves how a country is supposed to work. But they deliberately frustrate the system to keep the people so hungry that they can rise up

The children of politicians will go to Lagoon, Atlantic Hall, AIS, BIS

While the kids of the poor will be sitting on the floor at State High School cos the funds meant for that school has been spent on Bentleys and Range Rovers.

After the glorious secondary school. They gp to bridgehouse for A Levels while you are struggling which Jamb and striking lecturers in Unilag

They will finish A Levels and go to the UK, America and Canada for Uni.

The politicians know what is good for their kids

But will never give it to the children of the poor so they dont know too much and rise up one day. So the sabotage is deliberate

The children of the politicians will be abroad and be calling us poor and be spending money meant to buy dialysis machines in LUTH on balenciaga and Sergio Tacchini.

While the poor hailing them and calling them boss and chairman

So its very convenient for us to say poor people shouldnt collect rice and oil

Or wrapper and Teeshirts

When you are very poor you become desperate for survival

Its crazy

We the middle class. Are closer to the poor people

Rather than try to lift them out of poverty

We add to their suffering

We owe them the small salaries

You use ur Big daddy to splash them water.

You ban them from entering ur living room

You treat them like scum

The Elite are not our allies. The poor people are our allies

Otodogbame we overlooked

Small Toll Gate we almost killed Ambode

So how do u go back to that family that lost their home and preach to them about policy

Even us

How many of you will reject 300k a month to tweet for a politician?

How many

So this matter dey touch all of us.

Imagine if the people in smaller offices

Councillors
LCDA chairman
LG chairman
State Assembly member

Look out for their people.

How much progress we would make. But everyone is trying to secure themselves.

One day this river will overflow its banks.

Cos we middle class are one month of no salary away from poverty

So technically we are the working poor..

So see ehn

We will never rise up until the day the middle class folk cant get money from the bank, cant watch DSTV or get treatment from the hospital

That is when we would take to the streets

Until then. As long as the politicians prop our heads above water. We will keep remaining docile