Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi world class resort is ongoing and completion of work in the first phase is 90% ready.
A new village built on 252 hectares of land will have 300 rooms after completion. It is located in Ile-Ife. This is where modernity meets the African rural ambience. If you are driving to Ife from Ibadan's end, and if you've ever been to Ibadan-Ife Road, this gorgeous place will hit you in your great shine. On the right side of the highway you can see white structures, all bungalows, built in the form of a chalet. Since the road is on a higher plain, you can look at the bird's eye view of the resort.
The resort is scheduled to open in March 2018. Its is called Ife Grand Resorts & Leisure, a replica of Ooni's Inagbe Grand Resorts located on an island outside of Lagos Water. The main difference is that while you can access the new Ife resorts, Inagbe can be accessed by water.
What’s the whole concept behind the Ife Grand Resort & Leisure, City People asked the Manager, Mr. Sogo “The Ooni, when he was conceiving the idea wanted to have a place where Modernity and Tradition actually come together. And that is what you see here. We have nature at its very best here. Kabiyeesi actually insisted when construction started here that none of the trees should be touched or cut. He wants nature’s presence here. That is why at the entrance into the reception hall, we left these two tall palm trees alone as we met them. They are there to beautify the structure. We had to accommodate them.”
“We hope that in the next 5 years, Ife would be the Mecca of tourists and the resort will be a sort of pilgrimage destination. A lot of festivals hold here in Ife to celebrate the Isese people, Odun Ifa, Moremi. We can provide acommodation for guests. This is our own Dubai. We are expecting professional bodies and corporate organisations to come here and hold their AGMs, retreats.
“Kabiyeesi also wants the locals to enjoy the facilities here. That is why we have the 14 room deluxes that are affordable. There is no discrimination Kabiyeesi feels Osun State, being a civil servant state, civil servants can also take time off to give themselves a treat. They can come in to use any of the 14 room deluxes.”
“There are affordable rooms. Kabiyeesi has the interest of his people in mind by bringing to Ife, luxury for his people.” Sogo adds that we don’t have a very viable recreational centre around here in Ife. People go to Ada Golf Course and Ikogosi but you can’t compare what they have there with what we have here. This will help salvage that problem”.
“This place is also good for the University community,” explains Princess. “They can hold alumni meetings here, secondary and primary school students can come on excursions here. Pretty soon there will be a tour guide here that can take our guests from here to major sites in town. That will be part of the services here, the sight and sounds of Ile-Ife We implore all Nigerians to patronise us. The government should also patronise us for their meetings, retreats and conventions.”
“By the time the sports complex is ready football teams can come here to train and lodge. We have our 6 aside football pitch. Teams that go to represent Nigeria at Olympics can come here to train. Its like home away from home.”
“When we are fully operational our rates will be affordable. Kabiyeesi really wants to make this resort affordable so that many families can afford it.”#Africa ... spill TEA.... Easy on Shade #jaiyeorie
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