Abstract: The study generally aimed to examine peasantry and COVID-19 palliatives in Nigeria. The study specifically aimed to explore factors that made COVID-19 a threat to peasantry in Nigeria. It also aimed to critically consider the benefits of COVID-19 palliatives to peasantry in Nigeria. The study adopted Marxian political economy approach as its theoretical framework. The Marxian political economy approach offered an explanation regarding human relations in the production process and why some people enjoy wealth while others are impoverished in the society. The study was essentially a qualitative one and secondary data were used to generate relevant information. Critical method was also employed. The results from the study indicated that the gap in infrastructure delivery stood out to worsen COVID-19 crisis situation among the peasantries in Nigeria. The results also revealed the insincerity of political leaders who tend to politicise COVID-19 palliatives supports to their own advantage and at the expense of the peasantry. The study concluded that COVID-19 palliatives tended to develop the pockets of the political elites at the expense of the peasantry who were the most vulnerable to the crisis. To address this situation, the political elites in Nigeria need to focus on the well-being of the citizens rather than their own private pockets.