TDPresident Bola Ahmed Tinubu has perfected the art of turning suffering into policy. Nigerians are already gasping under the weight of fuel subsidy removal, a collapsing naira, and runaway inflation.
Yet, instead of relief, his government now tightens the screws with a compulsory Taxpayer Identification scheme — cruelty dressed up as reform.
This is not governance; it is punishment. When families cannot afford garri, when transport fares swallow wages, when hospitals are starved of equipment, Tinubu’s answer is to demand more taxes.
It is a grotesque irony: a government that has failed to provide jobs, security, or affordable living now insists on taxing poverty itself.
Taxing Hunger, Taxing Despair
The rhetoric of “transparency” and “data harmonization” is nothing but a smokescreen.
Transparency does not fill empty stomachs. Harmonization does not pay school fees.
What this policy truly harmonizes is despair — aligning the suffering of millions into one unified identity of exploitation.
Tinubu’s administration is out of touch, insulated in luxury while ordinary Nigerians are stripped of dignity.
His government has become a machine that feeds on the misery of its people, weaponizing taxation against those who have nothing left to give.
A Government That Taxes Poverty
This is a government that taxes hunger, taxes unemployment, taxes despair.
It is a government that demands receipts from the poor while the rich continue to loot unchecked.
It is a government that has turned survival itself into a taxable commodity.
Nigerians Must Resist
Nigerians must call this what it is: a tax trap, a deliberate attempt to squeeze blood from stones.
Resistance is not just an option; it is survival. Citizens must rise with one voice:
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No to taxation of poverty!
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No to policies that weaponize hunger!!
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No to governance that thrives on suffering!!!
If Tinubu continues down this path, his legacy will not be reform or progress.
It will be remembered as the era when hardship was codified into law, and poverty itself became taxable.
See the “Implementation of Taxpayer Identification (Tax ID)” policy below:
