Day 19 at the office without electricity, in Ogudu GRA, Ramat Cresent axis in Lagos. A band A sector for Ikeja Electric. Transformer taken away. Not a blink! ₦1.8 million spent on diesel. And counting. Not even knowing if we’ll have electricity soon.
We’re still running the operation, meeting deadlines and delivering to clients. Behind every delivery is a generator burning fuel and money just to keep us working.
Like many Nigerian businesses, we have little choice but to keep going: honour our commitments, sustain the business and hope tomorrow will be better.
There is pride in keeping our promises. There is exhaustion too. Nineteen days of providing our own power takes its toll.
For now, even hope seems to run on diesel, rising with the generator fumes.
Now, to the bright side. And there is plenty to be proud of.
It has been a busy week for IBST, with crews working on several productions across Lagos. Today, our teams are filming for a leading oil and gas company, a telco and one of Africa’s leading financial investment companies.
The week’s work also includes coverage of the Lagos Theatre Festival, a production in Ago-Iwoye and simultaneous multicamera productions in Abuja, Kano and Port Harcourt. We round things off this weekend with a comedy project for a US client.
Behind all this are people who keep showing up, solving problems and bringing their craft to every assignment.
To our teams: I see the effort, and I appreciate it. To our clients: thank you for continuing to trust us.
The challenges are real. So is the commitment of the people carrying this business forward.
Somehow, through everything thrown at us, our watchword remains resilience.
But we move. We’ve come too far to stop now.
Aderemi Ogunpitan
