{"id":3816,"date":"2019-05-02T16:04:26","date_gmt":"2019-05-02T16:04:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/heirsholdings.com\/hhpeople\/?p=3816"},"modified":"2019-05-02T16:28:37","modified_gmt":"2019-05-02T16:28:37","slug":"%ef%bb%bffrom-the-fast-lane-to-the-corridors-of-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.heirsholdings.com\/hhpeople\/2019\/05\/%ef%bb%bffrom-the-fast-lane-to-the-corridors-of-power","title":{"rendered":"\ufeffFrom the Fast Lane to the Corridors of Power"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>One of these drivers may soon become your President! <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If\nyou are here in Lagos and you get to move around, chances are that you have\nprobably entered an Uber. And if you are one of the lucky ones, you may entered\none with a very chatty driver \u2013 the ones who share everything \u2013 from their\naspirations to probing you with personal questions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\nother day, I sat in one and listened to him reel about his undergraduate days.\nThen there was one who had a legit break up conversation with his girl friend.\nI enjoyed chatting with a female Uber driver one other time, driven by my\ncuriosity about how she got into the profession. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\ntruth is, chauffeurs have very interesting inner lives, (if only we can look up\nfrom our phones long enough to listen. ?). It got me wondering: What\nhidden stories or facts are we missing from our incredible pool drivers at\nHeirs Place? Naturally, we decided to get to know them a little bit more.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this edition, we reel out in quick points such as their nicknames, history with the group, what they love about their jobs and their long aspirations and of course, what they would do if they were President of Nigeria!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read,\nenjoy\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ekpong Sunday<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A.K.A Sunny<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Joined in 2015<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Loves the thrill of driving as his profession<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Would be great if he can go to London<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Relaxes by watching football and exercising (Go Fit-fam!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If he was President, he would make Nigeria great<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His hobbies are football, traveling and meeting new\npeople<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Paul Igwe<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A.K.A Igweeeee<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Joined in 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He drives because he loves the field of transport as a\nprofession<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Favourite place to visit is USA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Favours a good night sleep as a way to relax<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If he was President, he would ban contracting workers in all organisations\u2026(Um, okay Igwe!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His hobbies are gisting and catching up with current\naffairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Omo Ejiro\nAdigun<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A.K.A Hadigx <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Joined 2018<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Just loves to drive<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hopes to join the music industry (Move over Wizkid!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Relaxes by going to the studio for rehearsals<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If he was President, he would create opportunities for\ncitizens to make their dreams come true. (Awww)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His hobbies are singing and traveling<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Dozie Goodluck\nMichael<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A.K.A Ebele<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Joined in 2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Likes to meet people and driving helps him do that<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hopes to one day visit the States<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Relaxes by studying his Bible <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If he was President, he would change the constitution<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His hobbies are travelling, reading and writing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Adeleke Bankole<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A.K.A Dubai<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Joined in 2012<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In his own words: \u201cI just like the job\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hopes to become a business man someday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wants to visit Israel<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Enjoys spending time with his family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If he was President, he would take care of poor people and develop the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His hobbies are listening to music and reading<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this edition, we reel out in quick points such as their nicknames, history with the group, what they love about their jobs and their long aspirations and of course, what they would do if they were President of Nigeria!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3817,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heirsholdings.com\/hhpeople\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heirsholdings.com\/hhpeople\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heirsholdings.com\/hhpeople\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heirsholdings.com\/hhpeople\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heirsholdings.com\/hhpeople\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3816"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.heirsholdings.com\/hhpeople\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3816\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3835,"href":"https:\/\/www.heirsholdings.com\/hhpeople\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3816\/revisions\/3835"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heirsholdings.com\/hhpeople\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heirsholdings.com\/hhpeople\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heirsholdings.com\/hhpeople\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heirsholdings.com\/hhpeople\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}