Colossium Magazine December issue | Page 27

have LIKED, COMMENTED on or SHARED. You do not have to do anything else. It’s like con- tents on the platform is targeted these days. So take for example, you LIKED, COMMENTED or SHARED a post from Da Viva or KFC; suddenly Facebook will open the flood gates of contents from these sources on your timeline - contin- uously feeding you with the same thing then once in a while ‘entice’ you with something else to see if you will LIKE it. I have noticed it and that was what happened when I LIKED Frank’s post. W they give up because it’s too much work? I could go on with the list of possible reasons projects are not completed either on time or at all. I am no expert in project management but it’s not too hard to figure out some of these things. As I pon- der over these thoughts I realized that not only do projects not get completed; they are also most often poorly planned and managed. Let me stick to ‘Poor Planning’ for now. One common practice in our urban road planning and construction is the construction of roads without proper drain- age systems and pedestrian walks. The only place one will see pedestrian walks are by major highways. Both pedestrians and motorists are forced to share the same space in many cases. Drainage systems are also poorly constructed - mostly uncovered by the way. Interacting with a contractor once about the situation, he attribut- ed it to the lack of funds. We do not have the money to do the right things that will protect us? hat start- ed off as an online campaign # F i x - OurFoot- Bridg- esNow - maybe s o m e - I am often inclined to believe that the people thing to we put in charge over our lives are oblivious get the at- tention of government on a situation took a dra- matic turn. “One knocked down on Madina-Aden- ta highway”; the headline for the week. What is happening? Is it fake news as usual? If for noth- ing at all Facebook is under fire for fake news in recent times. Assuming its fake news; and no one has died on the Madina-Adenta road, are the uncompleted footbridges ‘fake’ news too? I have been to Adenta, I have seen the uncom- pleted footbridges - this cannot be false news. It has become a norm in our country where proj- ects are started but they never see completion - oh no - not all. Those that serve the interest of the government of the day see completion - like government houses - infrastructure for cam- Lost her life on the Madina-Adenta Highway paigns - stuff like. These need to be completed because they are going to serve a purpose to the of the responsibilities they have. I am of- government in power. A number of infrastruc- ten inclined to believe, they take us for tural projects do not. What could be the issue? granted; riding on our - suffer – and – smile Lack of funds, perhaps? The contractors took a nature. I look at our footbridges and ask vacation? Did they run out of raw materials? Did myself “Is this the way up to Heaven?”; 27 | Colossium . December 2018