On Thursday, July 19, 2024, the House of Representatives (HoR) resolved to support the Federal Government with N648 million for six months by cutting down their salaries by 50% to support food sufficiency across the country and to address the high cost of food. This gesture, as laudable as it seems at first glance, is grossly insignificant. Billions of naira have been allocated to the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs in the past five years for onward disbursement to the poorest of the poor across the country to alleviate their plight, yet this intervention has made no impact on their lives. Th…