THE POLITICS OF POVERTY: Why Poor People Repeatedly Vote Against Their Own Interests? By Barrister Tope Temokun
“Are the poor the problem in this country? They keep voting for the same politicians.” I grew up in a typical Nigerian community. Election season had its own atmosphere. Politicians who had forgotten our existence suddenly remembered every compound. Men who had not greeted elders for four years became unusually humble. They shook hands with […]