I moved to Awoyaya in 2015 from the mainland. My entire life and business was already built and settled on the mainland, therefore, it took a huge toll on me, having to leave friends and extended family members and my then very easy already-settled-down life to start afresh in this “bush” place called Ibeju-Lekki. I spent countless months going back to and fro the mainland to shop for groceries, salon and spa visits and even to visit family and friends.

The few people I knew who lived around here long before I moved in with my family, also shopped on the mainland. I was like “kilode? I can’t be travelling to the mainland all the time na” 

So I started this incredible initiative @ibejulekkiconnect (on istagram) in my quest to find a lasting solution to this settling down challenge that I had.  My first post was a huge success as a few neighbours reached out (yaaayyy!!!!… new friends). …. Then I spoke to my next door neighbour at the time. Ironically, they were having the exact same settling-down issue, so we resolved to share with one another, whatever information we could get/find as regards our new neighbourhood.

As days went by, we began to explore and share our discoveries. We found businesses we could patronize in the neighbourhood. People who grilled stuff (chicken , Turkey and the likes);