Mwanmin,

There is no ethnic tribe where there is no word “friend”, and that’s “Mwanmin” in the Kulere language of Plateau State, Nigeria. It is always a pleasure to have you as an audience for the Versus Series

Today, we have the voices of two people in a dialogue. An Igbo man who sells spare parts gives the owner of the car the option of either buying a “follow come” part, while the vehicle owner, for financial reasons, insists that he wants him to “patch-patch“.

“Patch-patch” is a phenomenon in which a similar part of another manufacturer or model is used on a different vehicle. Those who do patch-patch, usually and unfortunately, are at risk at times because it could malfunction anywhere. People who commute on commercial buses around Lagos would have noticed that some buses have vehicle parts from another vehicle entirely. Patched parts cannot function optimally like the original part; the destruction could be compounded, and it may lead to fatality.

Follow come is the ordinary part made by the manufacturer for a particular model of a car or any other device. The part has fewer complications if it is fixed onto another car of the same model. The “follow come” part usually gives the right feel and produces the right result effortlessly. It does not, equally, complicate the issues.

The right result is achievable through the right tools. A disjointed combination cannot produce an optimal result.

Have a nice week.

Cheers!

Olutayo