Okunola Godswill Oluwafemi

Expect anything.

[Okunola Godswill Oluwafemi @femronal]

The pain and bitterness abiding by the truth brings is the prize I’ve to pay for my eventual impunity from the harm that living by a lie will bring me tomorrow.

[BuildMyHouse @buildmyhouseTM]

I Sent Money Home to Build My House… But Every Time I Asked for an Update, There Was a New Excuse.”

A Nigerian engineer in Canada saved, bought land, and put someone he trusted in charge of the build.

At first it looked good. The foundation was completed. Photos came regularly.

Then: Updates became less frequent. The pictures stopped coming. The budget kept increasing.

Every delay came with another explanation:
“Building materials are more expensive.”
“The contractor needs more money.”
“The rains have slowed construction.”

Months became years. The project stayed unfinished.

The hard part: in Nigeria, every one of those excuses can be true. Cement prices do jump. Rainy season does stop work. That is exactly why the excuse works. You cant argue with it from abroad.

So don’t argue with the excuse. Ask what it changed on site. If materials went up, which ones, and where is the receipt? If the rain stopped work, the wall in this weeks photo should look like last weeks, and nobody needs fresh money for a wall that didnt move.

An excuse explains a delay. It is not an update.

A new excuse ≠ an update.

(Story shared on LinkedIn by Chimaobi Harrison, Jun 2026)

[BuildMyHouse @buildmyhouseTM]

They priced Yaba like the Red Line had already paid everyone.

GTI’s write-up (via BusinessDay) projects property price growth around 12–18% in Yaba and 10–15% in Ikeja through 2026 if the Red Line delivers — and it also says infrastructure premiums can stay deferred when projects delay.

Projection is a forecast. Appreciation is what cleared after the train actually runs.

Before you pay “Red Line money for a flat, ask which number you are buying: the model, or the delivered line.

(GTI projections via BusinessDay — label as projections, not facts. Not the Blue Line yield card. No BMH.)

[BuildMyHouse @buildmyhouseTM]

@iamyourkamar Exactly. Social comfort can explain demand, but it cannot prove title. For a buyer abroad, the safer sequence is: survey the parcel, search the registry, confirm the seller’s authority, then pay against documents—not familiarity.

[BuildMyHouse @buildmyhouseTM]

You don’t have to pack and come home.
The 9-to-5 can pay.

They say just manage it.
You send.
The house in the pictures is not their house.

Pictures. Receipts. Then the next money.
So the house in the pictures is actually yours.

https://t.co/lMMMY8we7X

[BuildMyHouse @buildmyhouseTM]

Egbeda.
She was ready to change the window.
The inspection said repair it.
₦12,000 to start.
The receipt was for silicone and screws.
Not a new window.

[BuildMyHouse @buildmyhouseTM]

Why Nigerians Abroad Lose Money Building Houses in Nigeria

[BuildMyHouse @buildmyhouseTM]

Why Nigerians Abroad Lose Money Building Houses in Nigeria
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[BuildMyHouse @buildmyhouseTM]

"Most people don’t lose money buying land… they lose it because they didn’t verify it.”
A Thread 🧵

[Okunola Godswill Oluwafemi @femronal]

@Etsy my new shop, AmalaJoint, has been on pause for 3 days now. I have submitted all the necessary legal documents, but still it’s on Vacation mode. I’ve tried reaching out to you guys, but I can’t.

[Okunola Godswill Oluwafemi @femronal]

@Etsy my new shop, AmalaJoint, has been on pause for 3 days now. I have submitted all the necessary legal documents, but still it’s on Vacation mode. I’ve tried reaching out to you guys, but I can’t.

[BuildMyHouse @buildmyhouseTM]

“The biggest lie in building is ‘we’re making progress’…”

Because progress is not:
More blocks on site
More workers moving around
More money being spent

Real progress is:
Clear stages
Verified work
Controlled payments

In Lagos,
a project can look busy…
and still be going nowhere.

Don’t confuse activity with progress.

[BuildMyHouse @buildmyhouseTM]

He thought his house was almost done…”

Kunle had been building in Lagos for 8 months.
Every week, he got updates: Pictures of blocks
Workers on site
Walls going up

From the outside, everything looked fine.
Even his friends said: “Ah, your house don reach finishing o”

He felt good.
He had already sent over ₦7M.

One day, he decided to ask a simple question:
“How far have we gone exactly?”

The answers didn’t make sense.
No clear stage.
No proper breakdown.
No real explanation of what the money covered.

That’s when it hit him.

The building looked busy…

But there was no structure behind it.
No defined stages.
No verified progress.
No control over spending.

He wasn’t building with a system.
He was just funding activity.

And that’s how many projects quietly go wrong in Lagos.

Because activity can look like progress…
Until you ask the right questions.

That’s exactly why we built BuildMyHouse — so you don’t just see activity, you see real progress.

[Okunola Godswill Oluwafemi @femronal]

@Etsy my new shop, AmalaJoint, has been on pause for 3 days now. I have submitted all the necessary legal documents, but still it’s on Vacation mode. I’ve tried reaching out to you guys, but I can’t.

[Okunola Godswill Oluwafemi @femronal]

@Etsy my new shop, AmalaJoint, has been on pause for 3 days now. I have submitted all the necessary legal documents, but still it’s on Vacation mode. I’ve tried reaching out to you guys, but I can’t.

[Okunola Godswill Oluwafemi @femronal]

@Etsy my new shop, AmalaJoint, has been on pause for 3 days now. I have submitted all the necessary legal documents, but still it’s on Vacation mode.

Please, how do I get my shop up and running, so I can start selling on the app. Thank you.

[Okunola Godswill Oluwafemi @femronal]

Are you guys going to solve the issue of taxis in Istanbul overcharging foreigners (especially black people) ? @TurkishPoliceFA

This is has been going on for three years now, and it seems not to be stopping anytime soon.

[Okunola Godswill Oluwafemi @femronal]

“Sometimes you don’t know your value until someone else values you” ~ Jane Doe

[Okunola Godswill Oluwafemi @femronal]

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[Okunola Godswill Oluwafemi @femronal]

Be the now of what you want to be tomorrow.

[Okunola Godswill Oluwafemi @femronal]

If you realize how quick people forget the dead, you will never work to please others.