The bus left at exactly 10am. before i know it i was faced with the reality of the road situation potholes on the ibadan express way are big enough in space for the firewood gap on the local stove at my cousin's wedding. then we got to the ogun state portion of the road where we have lot of traillers, it is actually a trailler and tankers haven, there were packed on the road and a some what three lane became ''a single lane expressway'', and alot of trading were on, we spent a quality time that this point doing nothing, i was already getting tired , as the excitement has started giving was to reality of what nigeria road user face on everytrip .
Here we are canvasssing for cheaper local farm produce to end the world food crises, how will this be possible when this produce are halve spoilt, and by the time they manage escape the narrow express way to their lacation, the transport fare has gotten better part of the reward, and the other halve is only usefullat the refuge dump, the farm produce trader and the farmer only have to struggle with one third of the entire harvest. we want to end world food crises, we desire a motorable road . how can this two contradiction give a positive result.
In primary school we learnt negative plus positive equal negative, by implication this means that no matter the amount we spent on press conference, seminar, tranning , agricultural fundings and etc, if our road network system is not good the result will still beending where we started , labour, effort with no result.
What use is a dual line when more than halve of the road is taken by parked traillers and fuel tankers belonging to nigerias who the media dare not criticise. so why not leave the road the way it was 20years ago.
If we trully are to be promoted from developing to developed, then we have to wake up and do the proper thing.
E ku ile ,look out for more report on my abuja by road see you next week.
