Soludo’s First Cup Of Coffee At Uga Boys…

Soludo once told a story of his first Coffee experience as a student at Uga Boys Secondary School. Theirs was a fiercely competitive set of budding scholars who counted every second, minute and hour as precious and never to be wasted. Thus, while one was on a journey home for the weekend or other holidays, a larger part of their living consciousness was left in the corner of the school library where the search for academic excellence remained endless. 

On this fateful day, little Soludo had expended a better part of his study time on the road from Isuofia through Ekwulobia to Uga. It was a hectic trip, much of which was covered on foot — trekking, first from Isuofia to Ekwulobia, then boarding a rickety slow motioned bus from Ekwulobia to Uga. 

Upon arrival to school, that feeling of emptiness beset him and he needed the night to catch up with competitors who, according to him, “had read all through the day leaving unimaginable knowledge gaps that must be closed”. To wade of nature, Charley Nwa Mgbafor sort the help of Coffee in the fight to stay awake. He would go on to take more than required and the next near crisis situation saw poor Chukwuma drenched in buckets of water for resuscitation. 

This became the foundation of his well planned life rooted in the constant pursuit of excellence. Soludo got his first lesson in “proper planning”, and that has shaped him into that Man who is not caught in the rat race, but determined to carefully plan out his actions with effective execution capacity. More fundamental is the value that this story bears in his work life and career excellence. When you plan well, you don’t need coffee. 

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– Mazi Ejimofor Opara writes from Awka, Anambra State.