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  • Title – The Making of New Millionaires
  • Text – The Oxford English Book 3 by Ayo Banjo et al. pages 40 – 42

Making of new millionaires

The Making of New Millionaires:

          The rumour, which is spreading like wildfire in the harmattan, is that a new road will link the village of Koko with Charima town is to be constructed. This has been the reason for the general feeling of excitement in Koko village. Of course, this is understandable because a lot of hardships have been encountered by the villagers. The people, who are mainly farmers, have been finding it pretty difficult to convey their agricultural produce to the town where they could be sold. They have laboured year in year out with nothing to show for it, as their products end up being wasted.

          The construction of the new road will present them the golden opportunity of transporting their products which include: vegetables, beans, maize, and other foodstuffs, to the town which is about thirty kilometres away. There they will find a ready market for their products. This road will therefore not only boost the economy of the village, but will also increase the earning power of the villagers.

          An excited community leader, Chief Diepry recounts: “Up to this moment, the only way we have been able to reach the market has been by a long trek through the narrow pathway in the forest. Everything has had to be conveyed to the market by carrying it on the bare head. This means that the farmer has only been able to convey as much products as he can carry. The implication of this is that most of the products of the farmers get destroyed year after year. This is why poverty is a rampant disease all over the village. 

          However, once there is new road in place, the villagers can purchase a lorry through the Farmers’ Cooperative Society which is already being efficiently run and whose chairman is Chief Donkwa. The lorry will transport all the farmers’ produce to the market for sale. In no distant future, the village will be boasting of many millionaires.

          At last, the rumour has become a reality. Machinery and road construction equipment have been brought to the village. The villagers went wild with joy having sighted the equipment. Indeed one could see happiness boldly written on their faces.

          One other advantage which this road construction has brought along with it is the fact that some of the young men in the village have been employed by Zima-Zima Company – the road construction company.

Summary

The passage is about the rumour spreading that a new road has been linked to the village of Koko with Charima town.

Evaluation: Answer questions 1 – 11, Page 40- 42

For each of the following words give another word or phrase that means the same and can replace it as used in the passage:

  1. link
  2. transporting
  3. encountered
  4. purchase
  5. laboured 

Reading Assignment: New Oxford English Book 3 Page 90 – 91

References: The Oxford English Book 3 by Ayo Banjo et al.

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