In Nigeria of today when it comes to the types of public-functionaries that exist; it is not a gain-say to depict them as two types: One is the type indifferent to the development of his area instead he amasses wealth while serving in government and grabs any opportunity that comes his way, to misappropriate money and enrich himself, to the detriment of his state and people, while the other is ready to do little and pocket any subsequent allocation that comes his way after the incipient effort, to convince his people that he is for their welfare and state development. Despite the fact that their degree of immorality and dereliction of duty is different and that the latter is better than the former yet, what is bad is bad, though, the total condemnation is for the former and instant incarceration of the bastard is compulsory, to serve as deterrence yet, we can exonerate the latter of his non-commitment to finish well, to prove his good disposition in complementing his good work therefore, in advising him we can admonish him that "MUCH GOOD WORK IS LOST FOR THE LACK OF A LITTLE MORE".
And with this above-denoted title suffice I to relay with amusement and nostalgic feeling the story of an amateur farmer in a folklore story of a Yoruba progeny nicknamed "O KO'GBA; TU'GBA KA"; this naive farmer though hardworking, who for his usual but bad habit in snuffing stuff came to take a hasty and vacuous decision of dismantling the much numbered of ridges he had made through his singular and commendable effort, but realizing that a case of his medicated-snuff must have fallen into one of the ridges; he carelessly went into dismantling them, to search for his case of his powdered-substance that he had been habitually attached to, in snuffing at an interval of his desire for it. And this is what I projected on the same spectrum of connotation, to establish the title, for this piece of article and expatiate on the lack of doggedness, commitment to a purpose or sincerity with probity and ordinary but simple grit of the farmer in finishing well what he had started well on a good note.
What do I mean?! the much good work which could be lost for the lack of a little more abuts on the negligence, dereliction of duty or even lack of determination of the farmer, to finish well hence, a man of that much commendable and significant result initially should have been conscientious, consistent and committed, to find it essential and incumbent, imperious and proper of him with sincerity of purpose to finishing well in his piece of assignment at hand; as expected of a public-functionary to whom a project is being apportioned to actualized for good. So, this he should have given an utmost priority to finish well, considering what his antagonists could have said and seized to castigate his effort and good intention, but instead giving them a loophole to criticize him and subject his initial achievement to ridicule cum nothingness as "ones enemy is not wishfully expected to kill a big fat rabbit" says an adage in Yoruba language.
So, to come back to the basics and deduce lesson from my piece, my adoption of the title was to portray the coin in both sides by representing factually the much good intention of the hardworking farmer who had proven the worth of his expertise and experience, but his much crave for the desire of the flesh could be termed as a destructive-habit (sniffing-snuff) and this is the sordid-habit that he had been clung to helplessly for long, that led to his hasty, vacuous, amateurish disposition through the effort; not to achieve well and masterfully and therefore, becoming a disappointment to himself and his people.
However, the lesson from it is for our public-functionaries and leaders in the corridor of power, to always be committed to giving priority to finishing well, in their call to serve or service to their people and responsibilities to their fatherland since, "We cannot escape history, we all will be remembered in-spite of ourselves" courtesy of Abraham Lincoln valuable provision.
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