The first Nigeria over-water resort, Ziba Beach Resort, was Unveiled in Lagos on Thursday, August 24.
The Chief Executive Officer of the Beach Resort, Dr Olufemi Olumide, while speaking during the unveiling ceremony in Lagos, described the leisure center as a place of comfort and peace.
According to reports, the Ziba Beach Resort is located at Okun-Ajah, Lagos Island.
Olumide said it was specially designed to suit Nigerians who were in the habit of traveling abroad for the purpose of leisure as the beach resort offered top quality service as obtainable across the globe.
He said the facility accommodates 17 rooms of nine beach facing rooms and eight over water rooms, a beach spa, games room for adults, playground for kids, several swimming pools, indoor cinema, conference rooms and others.
However, he said that visitors could also have access to child minding services, a fire pit, horse riding and lots more services that could guarantee visitors’ comfort.
“We began the construction of this place 14 months ago, we are happy that we arrived at this point. It has been a beautiful journey of struggles and joy.
”Building in Nigeria entails a whole lot of challenges but regardless, we are here.
”We just want to make a statement that it is possible to bring the excitement and memorable experiences to be enjoyed in other world class resorts across the globe to Nigeria as well.
In his remarks, Dr Tricia Olufemi-Olumide, Managing Director of the beach said that the idea of coming up with an over-water beach resort occurred to her eight years ago.
Olufemi-Olumide said having visited lots of beach resorts across the globe including the exotic ones in Maldives, she came to the realization that most beach resorts operated in Nigeria were mere beach houses.
She said that the entire idea was to create a place worthy of the name “Beach Resort” in Nigeria, a nation with breath-taking coastal area.
In addition, she said the emergence of Ziba beach resort was meant to upscale leisure and holiday lifestyle experiences while contributing to the growth of the nation's tourism industry.
