A day at Abuja’s A-Class Park

The park offers array of services ranging from picnic/carnivals, positioned marquees, entertainment, outdoor catering and general party services. It started off out of passion to cater for functions from basket to banquet. This was in a bid to provide solutions for corporate and personal events. The Park and Events Center was created in 2009 to […]

The park offers array of services ranging from picnic/carnivals, positioned marquees, entertainment, outdoor catering and general party services. It started off out of passion to cater for functions from basket to banquet. This was in a bid to provide solutions for corporate and personal events.

The Park and Events Center was created in 2009 to take care of all forms of event related activities as well as provide a platform for relaxation for both young and old.

Like with many park operators, initial anxieties were the challenges of steady power/light to sustain equipments, staff loyalty/dedication to work and public acceptance/appreciation of what was on offer.

According to the Group Cordinator, Mr. Moses Mishelia said as “a home of events management, our target is to leave our clients with a lasting and euphoric memory of their occasion, taking into cognisance their specific needs. We are poised on steering the services to unprecedented levels and aspire to create the desire for healthy eating globally.”

The ambience and security also encourages customers to take early morning or late evening walks and other exercises in the Park.

With the FCT’s set closing time of 10pm for residents, clients are normally informed of the curfew and also encouraged to hold events within the stipulated time by which park gates are closed to clients.

Residents around Wuse 2 axis and from farther off in the metropolis seem to have warmly embraced the creation of the Centre, most especially the ambience and serenity of the park. The fact that it is also a one-stop-shop for events makes it convenient for clients. Mrs. Eme Kurz, a resident of Salatu Royal Estate just next door said. “My flat is basically at the entrance of the park from the estate; with three young children, it is a perfect spot for them to play and recreate after school and especially now that they are on vacation. I am most pleased with the location because it is so convenient to do a lot of things with them as well as the fact that the facilities are also readily accessible to the children and I.”

Hasiya Ibrahim who resides in Gwarimpa said she enjoys a family treat there at least once a month when she does not have to be a full time mother and wife because A Class Park has all she needs. “I look forward to every third Saturday of the month. I wake at 10am. Take a bath and head straight for the park with my children. They would have had some cereal before leaving home.

We have breakfast and lunch there with the children playing on the different swings and game spots as well as some of the board games we bring along. I just take time out to sleep some more on my mat or read a novel. It’s a serene environment which helps me relieve myself of my busy week.”

There are however a good number who consider the Park way beyond their reach and only appreciate its contents from taking peeks from the outside through the wire gauze fence. Our reporter spoke to one of such, Henrietta Ibu. “I cannot go inside and spend my money here ,” she exclaimed. “It is for big boys and girls. What are they selling here that I cannot make in my house? I have a big compound where my children can play with neighbour’s children. When I am still hungry, how can I come to such a place? It is beyond me.”

When asked about the time she spent in admiring the park, she laughed saying: “Man no die e no rotten. Na eye I take look. No be my pocket. So no wahala.”