{"id":2207,"date":"2017-01-05T10:15:07","date_gmt":"2017-01-05T10:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heirsholdings.com\/hhpeople\/?p=2207"},"modified":"2017-02-01T11:22:48","modified_gmt":"2017-02-01T11:22:48","slug":"from-security-guard-to-facility-officer-ibilolu-shares-his-hh-success-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.heirsholdings.com\/hhpeople\/2017\/01\/from-security-guard-to-facility-officer-ibilolu-shares-his-hh-success-story","title":{"rendered":"From Security Guard to Facility Officer: Ibilolu Shares his HH Success Story"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Ifesinachi Okpagu<\/em><\/p>\n

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– Some of you may know Ibilolu – the diligent, young man that seems to be everywhere at once around Heirs Place. If you haven’t met him, visit the office and ask for our new celebrity. <\/em><\/p>\n

Ibilolu is the Facility Officer at Heirs Holdings. In this interview, he shares with me his\u00a0journey of success at HH from his position as a security guard to receiving a double promotion!<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Before I became the Facility Officer in HH, I started as a security guard. Before then, I was working with old UBA as a security man.<\/p>\n

I was at the gate one night when they called me that they are expecting someone, Mr. Tony Elumelu; that he was arriving\u00a0to meet the Chairman of UBA then. I felt it was going to be an old man, based on what was obtainable then. I was surprised to see a young man with a bulletproof car and heavy security. I was wondering, \u201cIs this the Tony Elumelu? Not an old man?”<\/p>\n

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That night I had a rethink\u2026that if I am to work with this man, I have to be very hardworking, resilient, because before someone of his age can get to that stage, he must be a strong and hardworking person.<\/p>\n

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That same year I went to LASU. Luckily for me, I got enrolled to study Economics. After 5 years, I completed my studies. I wanted to leave my security job to look for something else to do, but something was telling me to calm down.<\/p>\n

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By then, UBA and STB merged, and our Chairman became\u00a0the CEO of UBA. I was moved to UBA Marina as a security man. When I was moved, I was wondering if to continue the job, after all I had my papers. \u00a0But something kept telling me to stay.<\/p>\n

After a while, they posted me to McGregor while\u00a0they were renovating. They completed the renovation in 2010, and I was still doing the security job. After a while they asked me to supervise the security post since I was a graduate.<\/p>\n

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But there was a day I messed up. I did not take proper recording of a visitor that came into the building, and I just allowed the person to go in without proper documentation. Owen called me into her office and advised me. She let me know I could move further from that present position. I then took her advice and started handling some admin jobs in addition to what I was doing. I also handled vendor supervision.<\/p>\n

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Then Victor called me and said since I am doing some admin jobs, why don\u2019t I go for full facility work? I was wondering what he was talking about.<\/p>\n

After some time I went to find out what it would take me to get trained, but the money was much; over 100,000 Naira. But Victor kept pressing me, so after about six seven months, I realised that my savings was close to what I needed. I went to Tom & Associates and they gave me the breakdown. Then I\u00a0went for the training, and I became\u00a0certified.<\/p>\n

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So when I came back Victor would give me some jobs to do while I was handling my security job. It was after a while they needed someone in the Facility Management team. Owen called me that since I was already handling some things, I should be assisting Victor.<\/p>\n

And that was how I became a Facility Manager.<\/p>\n

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After a while, Owen called me that since I had improved and the Chairman was happy, that they had decided to increase my salary. I was really happy.<\/p>\n

In all this I learnt that you a lot:<\/p>\n