ABEOKUTA– As part of their commitment to improving the hospitality business in Abeokuta, the Ogun state capital, two brothers, Wale and Tunde Soniregun has commissioned Heritage Events Center.
Situated at the serene environment of Laderin, the event center has a 650 seating capacity with well furnished changing rooms.
The well secured center has ample parking space, with dedicated in-house catering service, plus an uninterupted power supply, cooling with 16 units of 3.0hp air conditioners.
Speaking at the official opening, the CEO, Wale Soniregun narrated how the hospitality business came full circle, saying that the event center became a child of necessity when he was planning for the burial rites of his late mother.
He added that the zeal to also pay back to the country in way of employment generation, youth empowerment and unlocking the business potential in him also contributed to the establishment.
“When then President Olusegun Obasanjo visited the United States, he encouraged some of us who has one business or the other abroad to return home and contribute to the socio economic development of the country.
“However, there was a caveat. The challenges were enormous. So there is this fear in establishing business in Nigeria, who is going to run it?.
“This was also the time that businesses are moving out of Nigeria to Ghana because of power. The bureaucracy is not friendly to establish but they keep insisting”, he said
In his remarks, Tunde Soniregun advised governments at all level to provide the enabling environment for business to thrive, saying that more diasporans will return home to establish businesses when the conditions are right.
“It is necessary for government to create an enabling environment for business owners, and entreprenuers, as they cannot employ everyone. Individual contributions is also needed to bridge the unemployment gaps.
“We are here today and it’s a thing of joy knowing that this little contribution can keep food on the table for some people”, he added
Heritage Events Center, which also have Heritage Courtyard Hotels is located at Block 5, Plot XV, Olubankole Mafe Avenue, Laderin, Abeokuta was declared official opening by the Iyalode of Yorubaland, Iyalode Alaba Lawson.
Dignitaries that attended the official opening are top business moguls, politicians and traditional chiefs, which includes Chief Joju Fadairo (Former People’s Democratic Party state Chairman, Baamofin of Egbaland, Chief Sunday Oduntan, Abiodun Lasile of Sixth Sense, amongst others.
