"WE WILL NO LONGER SUPPORT LONG ESSAYS. IF YOU ARE AN ENGINEERING STUDENT, FOR YOUR THESIS, YOU MUST MANUFACTURE, COPY, OR BUILD SOMETHING;"
~ PRESIDENT of Burkina Faso IBRAHIM TRAORE tells students
I remember when we had a goat d!e on the farm. I wasn’t sure what caused it, so I told my staff to cut off a small sample of the meat for laboratory testing and bury the rest in my presence.
Later that day, when I got home,I check the cctv camera and I found out they had dug the goat back up, cooked it, and shared it among themselves. I wasn’t even surprised.
On my next visit, I decided to teach them a lesson. I said, “Thank God none of us ate that goat. The lab found it had tested positive for HIV.”
Panic broke out instantly. Some couldn’t even speak. A few were already in tears. I kept asking, “What’s wrong?” until one of them finally confessed:
“Please don’t let us d!e… we all ate the goat.”
That was when I reminded them why following instructions are non negotiable on a farm. I told them to pray and fast for 3days