I'm so excited when I wake up in the morning cos I'm finally going to The Promise Land i.e. the site where the factory will be built. My dad gifted the land to me and for many years had always talked about the acres he has somewhere in Ikorodu but we (his kids) had never been there before. But about 1 or 2yrs ago or so, he decided to divi up the land and give us an early inheritance which was great-- came in good time. So myself, my fiance, my business partner, the architect + driver stuffed ourselves in a car and started the drive to Ikorodu.
Now, Ikorodu is in Lagos but kinda away from "normal"/central Lagos; from the Island part of Lagos the journey time should only take about 30mins if there's no traffic. When we got to Ojota we met up with my dad at a gas station and continued with him driving in front of us.
Got to Ikorodu a few minutes later but crikey! See the traffic! So annoying.. it took us another half hour or so to get to our destination. Everyone was so happy when we arrive, they all got out of the car stretching, and I was just laughing to myself cos my dad had tricked us. He took us to our family land.. lol. Plenty plenty grumbles when they all found out that the actual place we're going is still at least another 30mins drive further into Ikorodu. LMAO. Then my dad really took his time inspecting the place, his sister dropped by... people in the neighborhood came around to say hi, they were all just chatting away like nobody was waiting for them. It was hilarious. The poor architect who I'd dragged away from his office, promising it'll be a quick trip was like... "really?? we need to get going!" lol. (BTW, the architect was on his phone talking business the ENTIRE time we were in Ikorodu, from when we picked him up at his office till we dropped him off 5hrs later - I'm not exaggerating)
Anyhow, we finally left and started the last lap-- boy was it a journey! Seemingly took forever to get there. Half way there, we met up with the land surveyor who led us to our final destination. The pictures should tell the rest of the story:
walking into the forest .. as it were...
my dad explaining stuff to us:-D
a random property in the BUSH aka Forest. Dunno what it's doing there
myself+biz partner .. notice Mr S the architect on his phone
on his phone as usual... with the land surveyor on the left
All of us discussing ..
I was pleased to learn from the surveyor that amenities like water, gas and electricity are already hooked up in/around the land, so I need not worry about that. As we saw, there is a house with people already living it in right in the center of the forest. I'd be worried about snakes if I were living there. We talked a bit more about zoning laws and what else may restrict the construction of the factory. Notebook out, pen out. Ready writer.
Finally, finally .. we started heading back. I was so filled with joy, expectations, hope! Glory! God is good to me :-)
My dad wanted us to go and have lunch before heading back but then he wanted to stop at the Baale's 'office' first before lunch.. errrr NOT (a Baale is a traditional ruler, like a mini-King, a King of a town/state has Baale's as his subordinates who each govern the cities. I guess like a president and his governors). So we left him behind and headed back to town.
Phew! Long but satisfying day. Thanks to everyone who was a willing participant, and special thanks to Eni CC who filmed and took pictures :-D
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