Stadium Facilities et al – Long overdue in Kom?

Wa yisi ma?

It is a good idea to think and dream about new structures
that can be built in our God-given space, Kom.
It is even more important to think about how these structures
will be maintained in the long run.

Try this: when you wake up in the morning,
make a mess in your own house, and before you leave,
write a cheque, or leave some cash behind.
Come back later to see if your mess has been cleaned.
This just shows that money can be useful, but money
does not "work". People do the work.

Now you might ask: what's the logic in this?
Well, here it is.
Suppose the Kom people actually build a stadium in Mbam,
or Yang, or anywhere else. Like your own house, will the
stadium clean and maintain itself? Surely not.

A sample job description for a stadium maintenance professional lists the work: coordinating cleaning, waste-management and preventive-maintenance contracts; overseeing maintenance staff; running a computerized maintenance-management system; and working on game days and at every major event. It asks for experience, people skills and strong communication.

Question: are we going to build the stadium before training KOMrades to maintain it?
Or are we going to carry the stones, build it, and wait for the so-called government to "nominate"
some non-KOMrade to run the place?

I personally believe that all these so-called facilities (stadiums, institutes of higher learning
(call them universities), an airport, parks, etc.) are long overdue in a tribe
that has as many people as some nations of the world (300,000).

I always go back to the fact that Timbuktu boasted a university in the 12th century.
If Kom cannot even discuss a similar asset for its children in the 21st century,
then I am not sure what we should be talking about.

Am I a voice in the wilderness?

iBoisɨ
~wv

— Wanaku Verdzekov