The monthly clearance traditionally comes on the first week of every month. For the month of November, we have to wait till the second week. Not just that, till the closure of 2010 Batch C Orientation camp. It also signaled that my batch (B) is now an elder. The venue for the clearance, the local government secretariat was also the documentation venue for the new corp members. The new corpers are easily identified. Their faces spoke of uncertainty, begging for guidance. The most stranded ones came with their luggage. Big boxes of different sizes and colours dotted the nook and crannies of the Local government area.
”Which side of Wukari is Tsokundi”; I turned to see the new corper beaming with zeal as he slowly pushed his posting letter towards me. I subdued my urge to laugh.
As I was peering into the letter, he asked,
“Is it close to the camp?” I smiled and called one of the old corpers serving in the village to guide him.
Tsokundi is one of the dreaded villages under Wukari local government. An agrarian community popular for its large production of yam, the town attracts traders from neighbouring states who comes with huge cash due to absence of bank in the area. Armed robbers frequently rub on the road leading to town. Many victims including corpers have tales of distressing experiences on the hands of the robbers. The only road to the community is in a bad state. Only sturdy jeep trucks ply the route during dry seasons (which is less dangerous), while motorcyclists use the road in the rainy season (peak of danger period) due to the swampy nature of the area during such season. The difference between Wukari city and the towns under Wukari local government became clearer to the new dwellers. This realization tends to dampen the zeal built on initial knowledge that they were posted to Wukari.
“The vicissitudes of life,” I sighed, as I left the Secretariat to the new venue of the clearance: Recreation Centre, to enable the new comers complete their documentation processes at the Local Government.
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