Let’s rip the Band-Aid off: if you live in Nigeria and survive on scraps, your government just spat in your face. This isn't hyperbole—this is outright war. The so-called 'Presidential Committee' didn't shuffle papers and crunch numbers in search of fairness; instead, they’ve delivered a cold-blooded insult, cloaked in the sterile language of fiscal policy. By setting the income tax exemption threshold at N250,000 PER HOUSEHOLD, not individual, they've declared: 'Poverty is not our problem—it's yours.'

But here’s the kicker: Nigeria’s political elite want you numb to this abuse. They've conditioned us to treat wage theft and systematic robbery as normal, even virtuous. That monthly wage you stretch thinner than wafer paper? If your combined household income scrapes above a pittance—no matter if you’re feeding six children or seven unemployed relatives—the state is here, hand outstretched. For what? To sponsor private jets, foreign medical trips, and bulletproof SUVs for a class of rulers who wouldn’t survive a day on your budget.

Let’s do the obscene math: At today’s exchange rate, N250,000 isn’t even $200. Not per breadwinner—per family. That’s the verdict from pampered emissaries, whose daily lunch allowance eclipses what they expect you to earn in a month before being taxed. This is an engineered misery. When they talk about 'broadening the tax net,' what they mean is stretching the safety net into a noose. And let’s be real: this is not about fiscal responsibility. It’s about keeping you one emergency away from begging, while the architects of hardship party with your tax naira in foreign nightclubs.

Here’s what’s truly sickening: you’ve been taught to bow in gratitude for every scrap. Mainstream pundits will say, 'At least they set a threshold!' But why should Vaseline-lipped ministers be pampered off your pain? Why should you, your family, and your children pay for a broken contract you never signed?

Let’s call it what it is: state-sponsored extortion. Inverting the welfare state—stealing from those who have too little to begin with, so those who have too much can wallow in more.

So what do we do? Will you share this outrage—let it anger you, or will you send another meme and sigh into indifference? The system won’t change until we stop celebrating our shackles and demand an economy that doesn’t cannibalize its weakest. The committee has drawn the battle lines. Which side are you on?

This article was inspired by the headline: 'Presidential Commitee Says Income Tax Exemption Threshold Is N250,000 For Household, Not Individual - Sahara Reporters'.