EPISODE IV
‘Kayode Oyero
“When the desperation velocity at which you pursue your aspiration is
too racy, it’s a sign of an on-coming termination. Sincerely, it’s no ignorance
that life is a test of endurance….. To
rush is to be crushed; more haste, more waste!” –O.J.O
Griiinn, grriiin!
“Hello Uncle Saka!”
“Hello Fatai! Bawo ni, sorry I mean how are you?”
“Alaafia ni Sa- I am fine Sir!”
“Alright! Ope ni fun olorun- God’s name be praised! You know
He is the only God that should forever be glorified. And again, He is the Alpha
who in his bounteous mercy brought us this far, I mean to witness the shining
broad day light of the last day of this month.”
“You’re hundred percent correct Sir! And I must also confess
and profess that your expression is good an attitude of gratitude!”
“Fatai, Eda to ba monuro, a dupe- a reasonable being must
know surely that he has all the reason and cause to be thankful! You know, many
are right now enjoying the hospitality of the hospital bed.”
“Uhhhnn! Egbon Saka- Uncle Saka, that is again deeply
thoughtfully intelligent of you! Opolo po- too much brain!”
“It’s alright! By the way, how’s Risikatu and the children?”
“They are very fine Sir! And Sir, I must thank you for your
encouragement last week! Sincerely I must say that your words revitalized my
spirit which was low as at the time.”
“Haa! Fatai, you mean I revitalized you last week?”
“Bee ni exactly Sir!”
“But, Fatai, I can’t remember giving you any multivitamin
whether syrup or pill?”
“Haa! Uncle Saka! You have again started with your humorous
choruses! Anyways, you sure did gave me some dose, it’s just that it was in the
abstract, I mean it is un-grippable for a hand to grip.”
“Haaaaaa! Fatai! Alawada ni E- you’re such a clown! Maa so
wipe O so bee- I will say you say so! But, lest I forget, I have to quickly teach
you something today before you hang up the call. You know life is a teacher,
and the more we live, the more we learn. In fact, the more we learn, the more we
earn. That is why information is said to the fuel of transformation.”
“Hmmn! Interesting! Ododo Oro- undiluted truth. The more we
learn, the more we earn!”
“Bee ni- Yes Fatai! You see, people who know flow while
those who don’t know lie low in ignorance and anguishing poverty. You see, I
should have told you some of the things that I am now about to tell you last
week, but for your gloomy countenance, I suspended it. But today, there’s time,
and there’s talk. Yes! Aaye wa, oro wa! In fact, airtime wa pelu. Abi, sebi, I
yesterday transferred five thousand naira worth of call-card to you courtesy of
Y’hello mtn?”
“All correct Sir! What a perfect coincidence Sir!”
“Fatai! You see, as I was saying last week, you have to be
exceedingly patient in that your new business. O gbudo bu omi suuru mu. Life
operates on the maxim: ‘No cross, No Crown!’ Just as it’s impossible for anyone
to get to a willing Boss if the secretary is unwilling, rebuff and
unco-operative, so also, you can’t be established in the business if you are
unwilling to challenge challenges. In fact, disappointments take precedence
before ground-shaking, landslide and phenomenal appointments. See, there’s
nothing as to say being patient is ancient an attitude. It’s also not an
ignorance that life is a test of endurance. Oni suuru, lole fun wara Kiniun-
only a patient person can pass a saliva-un-moist thread through a needle’s eye.
Yes- Beeni!”
“Sorry, Egbon Saka- Uncle Saka! You are beginning to chants
incantations!”
“Yes- Beeni! You can say that again and again till kingdom
come. Yes, only a patient person can study Law, which takes ayeraye- forever
years, Medicine, which takes time everlasting and Engineering, which also takes
lot of years in the engagement of nuts and screws and lever that the discipline
is known for. In fact, hardcore discipline is what is needed to achieve success
in these Aro meta- tripod disciplines. You see, it was patience that made that
young man, ehmmn, eehmmn…”
“Which young man Sir?”
“The one that made the scientific discovery of an electric
bulb of course!”
“Ehhmn, ehhmnn, it must be Thomas Edison Sir!”
“Yes! Fatai! Ori E pe! O geti E- you are rightly correct! O
ya patewo fun ‘ra E- applaud yourself!”
“kpa, kpa, kpa, kpa!”
“You see, that man called Thomas is what can be described as
a persistent pursuer of dream. It took Thomas many many years to hatch the
discovery of a commercially feasible electric bulb. You can see how dogged and
ruggedly untiring Thomas was. Can’t you?”
“I seeeeeee!”
“And again, there’s this other person, his name is Jonas
Salk. You see, it took this oyinbo man almost ten years if not beyond to develop
the polio vaccine, that today prevent a juvenile illness that one time claimed
the lives of thousands of children and adults all over the world.”
“This is interesting uncle! I never knew you are so vast in
the history of technological invention like this.”
“Haaa! Fatai, you make me laugh! Oju agba to jin, o nidii- the
hollow in an elders’ eye is as a result of years of accumulated wealth of
experience!”
“Ododo oro- truthful words!”
“Thank you for the compliment Fatai! That reminds me of something
and somebody.”
“Okay! Who is that Sir?”
“That apartheid man.”
“Uncle Saka, which apartheid man is that?”
“I am talking about the number one and only integrity-conscious
Moses of the South-African people…”
“Mandiba, Right?”
“Mandiba, wrong!”
“Haahaa, Uncle Saka!”
“Fatai, you’re wrong! His korokoro name is not Mandiba. His
true name is Nelson Mandela! Yes, Mandela Nelson! It’s only just that ‘Mandiba’
or whatever you called it is his clan name.”
“But I got it now! At least, Gbomo-gbomo and Kidnapper is
the same now.”
“Shut up Fatai! How dare you argue with your well-read and
versatile elderly mature brother, Sakastic himself? Even if you are not scared
of my skin colour, don’t you fear the rich man in me? Or have you quickly
forgotten the proverbs of our elders that say that ‘Eni juni lo, le juni nu- a
Superior may decide to treat the Inferior with insufferable treatment if such
Superior is not conscience-driven’.
Fatai, you must always ‘gba-submissive’ in the presence of Agbas- Elders.”
“I’m sorry Sa- apologies Sir!”
“That’s alright! Agba ti ko binu,
lomo E n po- Only an enduring person can accommodatingly lead people. You see,
Fatai, that man called Mandela wrote in his wisdom, in his life book, Long Walk To Freedom that the mill of God grind exceedingly slowly.
Fatai, when you have the type of understanding that with patience, endurance
and persistence, every good thing will come, then, you are a stone’s throw from
being Outstanding. Abi, can a seedling mature into a plant in a day? Or better still,
is it possible for a plant, no matter how manured, to develop into a
fruit-bearing tree in just a day? It’s arrant No! an impossican’t of the
impossible! Just as it takes persistent weeding and watering to achieve the
maturation of a tiny seedling to bring it into a plant, so also is it necessary
that for everything in life, particularly your business, relentless is
important! You see, it’s no fallacy that ordinary beget extra-ordinary! Imagine
a sperm cell as ordinary as it is transposed into me and you. Imagine a small
miniature white orange seedling becoming tree-bearing juicy fruits… the list of
probable example is ceaselessly endless."
Fatai, More haste, more waste! And remember to save all I have said in your left hand so that it will be safe. Bye-bye for now!"
"Alright Sir!"
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