09/04/2026
🏗️ 🏗️ Let’s take you through the journey of our office building. 🏗️ 🏗️
In October 2024, we began operations on our four plots of land at Sajowa Camp, Imafon/Igbatoro Road, Akure, Ondo State, Nigeria.
We needed a space for our rainwater harvesting training for farmers, so we got funded to construct this shed.
We later saw the need to secure the land, the cash crops, and to prevent trespassers from encroaching, so we fundraised to fence the property and purchased the materials needed.
During the training, the shed couldn’t contain all our beneficiaries. Even while working on the farm, the shed shielded us from the sun but not completely from the rain. Hence, there was a need for:
1. A training space that can contain more beneficiaries.
2. A space that can completely shield us from the sun and the rain.
3. An official working space.
4. A place of contact for our organization.
5. A place where we can train and model what we teach.
6. A place that will make us closer to our beneficiaries and increase our impact in the community.
7. Something that can serve all the mentioned purposes and still secure the land, even though it might not completely prevent trespassers.
So the need for an office building came to mind.
With the support of one of our board members, Engr Olaleye Ogunseyin (an experienced construction engineer), we decided to start the building on the 28th of April 2025, with the materials initially meant for the fencing.
The building consists of a well-ventilated training hall, four rooms that can contain ten team members for office use, a store, and two washrooms.
Below are the things needed to complete the building for maximum utility, and some of their cost:
1. Internal and external wall plastering, and fixing of the windows.
Materials needed;
a. 57 bags of cement @ #12,000 = #684,000
b. 1 Load of sharp sand = #200,000
c. 26 Mason @ #16,000 = #416,000
2. Inspection Chamber = #50,000
3. Fixing of ceilings = #700,000
4. Walls and Floor Tiling = #1,500,000
5. Installation of electrical cables and fittings = #600,000
6. Installation of sanitary wares for the two toilets and washrooms = #500,000
7. Fixing of external plumbing pipes and fittings = #115,000
8. Waste water drainage
9. Fencing of the property
10. Security house.
11. Internal doors.
12. Rainwater harvesting system.
13. Water Recycling System.
14. Landscaping
15. Painting.
If you wish to support this building or the other works of Omitide, you can do this by donating to:
Organization Name: OMITIDE Community Development Initiative
USD Account Number: 0621762543
Naira Account Number: 0126183364
Bank Name: Wema Bank Plc.
Branch: Akure, Ondo State
Country: Nigeria
Swift Code: WEMANGLA
Sort Code: 035181392
THANK YOU VERY MUCH
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