Aso Rock’s overnight road miracle and the rest of us

They say Rome was not built in a day. Yet, had Rome been a road in the Aso Rock Presidential Villa, it might have been built in hours.

On my way into the premises last Thursday morning, I noticed a focused crew of construction workers working their magic on the main access road to the President’s office complex. My construction background kicked in, so I tried naming each piece of motorised machinery in sight.

Along a carriageway less than…