PATCHING THE PATCHABLES

 


On different occasions and at different times in my adventures in this world, I have lost count of the number of times many roads were patched.  It becomes laughable when one see event that is beyond crying about. Bad roads are meant to be broken and tarred all over but in my country, it is the joy of our bosses to patch. "Operation patch the patchables," is what we do even when the roads are beyond that, we still go ahead and patch as if our bosses don't go out of this fenced area.


I chuckle each time I see "Think good road; Think FERMA!" Minutes of rumination made me understand the truth in the slogan on one occasion. It is actually true that when you think good road, you think FERMA(Federal Road Maintenance Agency) but when you see the supposed good road bet it is the work of foreign construction companies. 'All' FERMA does is to patch; bless God she is doing her job and we all think about her when we think about good roads.


The construction companies just do anything for us and they call it what they think it is. I  am sure that  our roads can be really good, when the standard is given priority above the cost of production. It is not too funny that a giant difference shows its face just between the work done by those foreign companies for Nigeria and what they do for many other countries due to cost and standard requested by the bosses. Not totally the fault of the construction companies since handouts are still paramount before those contracts are awarded.- It is really well !


Should bad roads not be dug out and made a new? Must we always patch what needs be totally removed for a new? 

Even many roads suffer lack of drainage systems. We construct roads with no water channel. We are doing well ! Why should we not plan drainage systems while planning our roads? Funny Nigerians...we don't all have SUVs !


Who does not know that the ablution of a cat is just a tunnel to smuggling pieces of meat? It is obvious that some man always enjoy sucking milk in that manner and disturbance could cut the supply that is why preference is given to patching above reconstruction and drainage is left out of planning.


Patching is actually good, it is better than having death traps set up all over...but don't you think reconstruction of a good standard would save us the money being wasted every year over patching? Prudence is scattered all over the air. 

Think good road; think on these!



FOLASAYO, BABATUNDE


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