Feliza multi-billion naira hotel opens in Obada Abeokuta

Feliza Hotel, Obada, Abeokuta, Ogun State 

Ogun State’s entertainment and hospitality industry received a major lift on Saturday with the inauguration of Feliza Hotel and Suites, a new luxury hospitality destination in Obada, Ewekoro Local Government Area.

The over N3bn project is the brainchild of a Canada-based hotelier, Oluwafemi Ayeyemi and is expected to stimulate economic activity in the area while strengthening Ogun’s growing tourism and hospitality profile.

Feliza Hotel and Suites boasts 62 luxury rooms and a wide range of modern facilities, including an elevator, swimming pool, spa, gym, industrial air-conditioning system, three mini conference halls and a 2,500-capacity event centre.

The facility was officially inaugurated by the Chief Promoter of the Alternative Movement, Otunba Segun Showunmi, who cut the tape at the ceremony.

Showunmi commended Ayeyemi’s investment, describing it as “audacious” and capable of transforming the economy of Obada-Oko and its environs.

He, however, urged Governor Dapo Abiodun to extend infrastructure development, particularly road construction, to the area and other parts of the state in order to attract more private investments.

“Out of the joy in my spirit, because this prayer that we pray that our people will love themselves enough to identify with themselves, Femi has not just identified with his place; this location is going on the map. The world is going to know about it, people will come and use it.

“Aside what they are going to spend here, what about the multiplier effect from the environment? What about the number of people who would have been paid to build it? Femi has done a great thing,” he said.

Also speaking, the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Health, Dr Ololade Kehinde, commended the investor for choosing the hospitality sector, noting that such investments are vital to economic growth.

According to him, businesses can only thrive where people are able to live, work, rest and interact comfortably within an enabling environment.

In his remarks, Ayeyemi said the hotel was the result of a seven-year journey and an investment of over N3bn.

He explained that the facility was designed to meet Lagos hospitality standards and operates a unique two-in-one concept that allows guests to host events and lodge in the same location.

Ayeyemi identified poor road infrastructure as a major challenge discouraging diaspora investors from committing funds to Nigeria, urging the Ogun State Government to prioritise road development.

“No serious investor will put huge resources in an area with poor access roads,” he said.