Add Facebook JQuery Popup like box with BackGround Image in Blogger

As you know Facebook is the largest social media site in world and billion of people are attached to it. You can share your thoughts and ideas with your friends on Facebook. Specially if you have Blogs or Websites then you must want to be popular on facebook. Facebook is that place where you can have more and more back-links. If you have a Website/Blog without interconnected social media then your Website/Blog may be worthless. So here Im going to introduce a think that is very useful for your Blog ranking. So that is known as.

Facebook popup Widget:

How it is useful for your Blog/Website? It is useful as a visitor click on your website there will be automatic popup of this widget. If a visitors wants to like your facebook page, he will like the page without doing anything further. 

Add this Widget on your Blog:

1. Firstly open the Blog on which you want to add this widget
2. Go to > Layout > Add a Gadget
3. Select HTML/JavaScript after this
4. Put this code given below

<script src="http://makingdifferent.github.com/blogger-widgets/[www.gj37765.blogspot.com]jquery.colorbox-min.js"></script>
<style type="text/css">
#colorbox, #cboxOverlay, #cboxWrapper{
position:absolute;
top:0;left:0;
z-index:9999;
overflow:hidden;
}
#cboxOverlay{
position:fixed;
width:100%;
height:100%;
}
#cboxMiddleLeft,#cboxBottomLeft{
clear:left;
}
#cboxContent{
position:relative;
}
#cboxLoadedContent{
overflow:auto;
}
#cboxTitle{
margin:0;
}
#cboxLoadingOverlay,#cboxLoadingGraphic{
position:absolute;
top:0;left:0;
width:100%;
}
#cboxPrevious, #cboxNext, #cboxClose,#cboxSlideshow{
cursor:pointer;
}
.cboxPhoto{
float:left;
margin:auto;
border:0;
display:block;
}
.cboxIframe{
width:100%;
height:100%;
display:block;
border:0;
}
#cboxOverlay{
background:#000000;
opacity:0.5 !important;
}
#colorbox{
/*box-shadow*/
-webkit-box-shadow:0 0 15px rgba(0,0,0,0.4);
-moz-box-shadow:0 0 15px rgba(0,0,0,0.4);
box-shadow:0 0 15px rgba(0,0,0,0.4);
}
#cboxTopLeft{
width:14px;
height:14px;
background:url(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UFvsMA0xw_s/TwRGZN6BBGI/AAAAAAAACNA/_z47WNmUOfs/s1600/%255Bwww.gj37765.blogspot.com%255Dcontrols.png) no-repeat 0 0;
}
#cboxTopCenter{
height:14px;
background:url(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3KW95qDrjH0/TwRGYol22fI/AAAAAAAACM4/lCr80B0MD2U/s1600/%255Bwww.gj37765.blogspot.com%255Dborder.png) repeat-x top left;
}
#cboxTopRight{
width:14px;
height:14px;
background:url(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UFvsMA0xw_s/TwRGZN6BBGI/AAAAAAAACNA/_z47WNmUOfs/s1600/%255Bwww.gj37765.blogspot.com%255Dcontrols.png) no-repeat -36px 0;
}
#cboxBottomLeft{
width:14px;
height:43px;
background:url(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UFvsMA0xw_s/TwRGZN6BBGI/AAAAAAAACNA/_z47WNmUOfs/s1600/%255Bwww.gj37765.blogspot.com%255Dcontrols.png) no-repeat 0 -32px;
}
#cboxBottomCenter{
height:43px;
background:url(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3KW95qDrjH0/TwRGYol22fI/AAAAAAAACM4/lCr80B0MD2U/s1600/%255Bwww.gj37765.blogspot.com%255Dborder.png) repeat-x bottom left;
}
#cboxBottomRight{
width:14px;
height:43px;
background:url(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UFvsMA0xw_s/TwRGZN6BBGI/AAAAAAAACNA/_z47WNmUOfs/s1600/%255Bwww.gj37765.blogspot.com%255Dcontrols.png) no-repeat -36px -32px;
}
#cboxMiddleLeft{width:14px;background:url(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UFvsMA0xw_s/TwRGZN6BBGI/AAAAAAAACNA/_z47WNmUOfs/s1600/%255Bwww.gj37765.blogspot.com%255Dcontrols.png) repeat-y -175px 0;
}
#cboxMiddleRight{
width:14px;background:url(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UFvsMA0xw_s/TwRGZN6BBGI/AAAAAAAACNA/_z47WNmUOfs/s1600/%255Bwww.gj37765.blogspot.com%255Dcontrols.png) repeat-y -211px 0;
}
#cboxContent{
background:#fff;
overflow:visible;
}
#cboxLoadedContent{
margin-bottom:5px;
}
#cboxLoadingOverlay{background:url(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7VRvnW_MUSw/TwRGXjXjloI/AAAAAAAACM0/5K-J5jgkxo4/s1600/%255Bwww.gj37765.blogspot.com%255Dloadingbackground.png) no-repeat center center;
}
#cboxLoadingGraphic{background:url(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xjj51r2lm2M/TwRGaKezqHI/AAAAAAAACNI/lKX9_-YUUdY/s1600/%255Bwww.gj37765.blogspot.com%255Dloading.gif) no-repeat center center;
}
#cboxTitle{
position:absolute;bottom:-25px;
left:0;
text-align:
center;width:100%;
font-weight:bold;
color:#7C7C7C;
}
#cboxCurrent{
position:absolute;
bottom:-25px;
left:58px;
font-weight:bold;
color:#7C7C7C;
}
#cboxPrevious, #cboxNext, #cboxClose, #cboxSlideshow{
position:absolute;
bottom:-29px;
background:url(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UFvsMA0xw_s/TwRGZN6BBGI/AAAAAAAACNA/_z47WNmUOfs/s1600/%255Bwww.gj37765.blogspot.com%255Dcontrols.png) no-repeat 0px 0px;
width:23px;
height:23px;
text-indent:-9999px;
}
#cboxPrevious{
left:0px;
background-position:-51px -25px;
}
#cboxPrevious.hover{
background-position:-51px 0px;
}
#cboxNext{
left:27px;
background-position:-75px -25px;
}
#cboxNext.hover{
background-position:-75px 0px;
}
#cboxClose{
right:0;
background-position:-100px -25px;
}
#cboxClose.hover{
background-position:-100px 0px;
}
.cboxSlideshow_on #cboxSlideshow{
background-position:-125px 0px;
right:27px;
}
.cboxSlideshow_on #cboxSlideshow.hover{
background-position:-150px 0px;
}
.cboxSlideshow_off #cboxSlideshow{
background-position:-150px -25px;
right:27px;
}
.cboxSlideshow_off #cboxSlideshow.hover{
background-position:-125px 0px;
}
#mdfb{
font:12px/1.2 Arial,Helvetica,san-serif;color:#666;
}
#mdfb a,#mdfb a:hover,#mdfb a:visited{
text-decoration:none;
}
.mdbox-title{
background:#000;
color:#fff;
font-size:20px !important;
font-weight:bold;
margin:10px 0;
border:20px solid #ddd;
/*border-radius*/
-webkit-border-radius:6px;
-moz-border-radius:6px;
border-radius:6px;
/*box-shadow*/
-webkit-box-shadow:5px 5px 5px #CCCCCC;
-moz-box-shadow:5px 5px 5px #CCCCCC;
box-shadow:5px 5px 5px #CCCCCC;
padding:10px;
line-height:25px;
font-family:arial !important;
}
.mdbox-tagline{
color:#999;
margin:0;
text-align:center;
}
#mdsubs-container{
padding:35px 0 30px 0;
position:relative;
}a:link,a:visited{
border:none;
}
.demo{
display:none;
}
</style>
<script type="text/javascript">
jQuery(document).ready(function(){
if (document.cookie.indexOf(visited=true) == -1) {
var fifteenDays = 1000*60*60*24*30;
var expires = new Date((new Date()).valueOf() + fifteenDays);
document.cookie = "visited=true;expires=" + expires.toUTCString();
$.colorbox({width:"600px", inline:true, href:"#mdfb"});
}});
</script>
<div style=display:none>
<div id=mdfb style=padding:10px; background:#fff;>
<center>
<table align="center"background="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEEQzHFVgyApWrzQrYTp45TvedQT-dd9f5KMicGpHLe8BHSnqWiGxgYmLkltn2KigR_JDtxJQ_V1fiG7lQ-fuYdvSWH0Iv5nkO5pzcvR6PUTG12R5Sx8h1e2xhequMnNWy0rC_jPVyHv7Z/s1600/adsense+background+image%2528gj37765.blogspot.com.jpg.png" border="0" height="300" style="width: 505px;">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td height="345" width="505">
<div align="right">
<iframe src="//www.facebook.com/plugins/likebox.php?href=https://www.facebook.com/earnmoneyonline72&width=350&colorscheme=light&show_faces=true&border_color=%23ffffff&stream=false&header=false&height=250" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" style="border:none; overflow:hidden; width:350px; height:250px;" allowtransparency="true">
</iframe></div>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</center>
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How to Add:

• Go to > Blogger Dashboard > Template > Edit HTML
• Add the given below code before </head> tag, save the template

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Problem of Unemployment in Nigeria The Youth Should be Part of the Solution Like Most Nigerians

Unemployment has been a problem that has thoroughly shaken and continues to shake the country. Nigeria has been battling with it. Everyone is blaming the government for not providing jobs for both educated and uneducated Nigerians. People keep saying I graduated with a First Class, Second Class

Upper, Second Class Lower… I studied Psychology, Chemical Engineering etc.
And yet I have stayed unemployed for some years now. But have you thought of something? If Nigeria had up to 5,000 companies like the telecommunications giants e.g. MTN, GLO, Starcomms, Visaphone, banks like (Zenith, Intercontinental, United Bank for Africa, Oceanic Bank …), conglomerates like Dangote Group, and host of others, don’t you think that unemployment will no longer be a topic in the nation? A single telecommunication’s company provides employment to almost half a million Nigerians. Recharge card distributors, sellers, phone booths where people make calls etc. Banks like Zenith and others provide employment to not less than ten thousand people. Conglomerates like Dangote, Obat… provide employment to not less than fifty thousand Nigerians. Nigerian Breweries Plc for instance employs up to 3,000 Nigerians not to talk of transportation companies like ABC Transport that give employment to about 4,000 Nigerians.

Don’t you think that if we had 5,000 of such companies, that people will be employed even while still in school and that companies will be looking for whom to employ?

Don’t you think that it’s time for us to start being part of the solution to this problem of unemployment? Most of these companies that we mentioned are owned by people like you and me who believed in being part of the solution and helping their fellow Nigerians. I desire to let you savvy the fact that you can excel even in Nigeria, because many people have made it here. These company owners have made money, fame, respect and indeed have helped the country in one way or the other. Haven’t you thought that getting employed somewhere throughout your life somehow narrows your chances of helping people, making money and gaining fame in the country? Maybe even become great, or be a legend, contributing to making Nigeria a better country and also leaving this world better than you met it.

Have you thought of why most graduates with wonderful results keep working for people with little satisfaction and benefit throughout their lives? Probably because they get dazzled with the amount they are been paid and pulling out to set up their own company becomes very difficult. A lot of Nigerians have made an impact in the lives of the people in this nation; we have Icons that have imprinted their names in the sands of time. Great Nigerians that have brought Nigeria’s name listed in many field of human endeavors. To be a solution to this problem you need to follow the footsteps of Nigerians that have done much to remedy this problem. You can follow their footsteps by studying their life histories and make it like they made it in Nigeria. Through following their footsteps you will have an idea of what you should be doing now. A person that wants to become the Commander-in-Chief of Nigeria tomorrow will not be doing the same thing now with the person that wants to work in a bank.

To be a solution to this unemployment problem, it doesn’t depend only on what you studied in school but also on what activities you were also involved in, in school. Some Nigerians started their companies while in school and when we hear of their works, we thought that they just started ultimo. These people have struggled, passed through numerous trammels, failed countless times, but later on, they achieved what they were looking for. Today, they don’t depend on the Government but the government depends on them. Is it not time for you to start thinking about how to help the nation and let the Government depend on you.

There is something about the ladder of success, it depends on when you started climbing it and how persistent you are to keep on climbing. It strongly depends on when you started, that’s why it’s always good to start early. Intercontinental Bank is 21 years today, they started in October, 1989, Obat Oil started in 1981, Zenith Bank started in 1990. Frank Nneji, the founder and CEO of ABC Plc started with 3 buses and today ABC Transport has up to 2500 buses. Most of the well-known banks today started with a branch and today span all over West Africa and beyond. Obat Oil started with just a filling station at Okitipupa.

Have you asked yourself why most of the people we admire today are more than 40 years of age? It’s because you must pass certain levels before getting to the top. It’s like climbing a step. There is a time for sowing of seed and there is a time for reaping what you have sown. From 0 - 40 years of age for some of them have been a time to sow seed. When we hear about how long ago most of their companies started without being heard of, we become confounded. Barr. Jimoh Ibrahim wrote a proposal to the Federal Government to organize seminar for all the Permanent Secretaries in the federation during his youth service days and was granted the contract. And you think that it wasn’t a go ahead order to where he wanted to be in the future. Today he is the CEO of Global Fleet Oil and gas, Nicon Insurance and others.

Mr. Frank Nneji, founder and CEO of ABC Transport studied Zoology in the University of Nigeria, Nsukka but then went on to found ABC Plc. This was the first transportation company to go public and now has Lagos-CotonouLome-Accra route. While in school, he ran for the Office of Director of Transport of the Student’s Union Government and won and from there developed a passion for people’s safety on the highway and acquired the needed knowledge before setting up his own. But many people think that ABC Plc just came up abruptly from an unidentified source. These are the reasons why one should read profiles of people that have achieved greatness in one way or the other, because a lot will be exposed to you. I said before that it doesn’t only depend on what you studied in school but also on what you were doing while in school. Some people when in school become only proficient in their field of study and so they are likely to end up getting an average job and it all ends there. Know today that having torrents of specialized knowledge in other things can help you achieve that which you want in life.

A seed that takes 5 years to mature will produce fruit depending on when you planted it. If you plant it at 20, you will reap at 25. If you plant it at 80, you will reap at 85. Starting in pronto, having big dreams, vision, plans, definite Chief Aim even without money, you will still reach the top. Because, according to the ladder of success, you have started climbing. Start planning, start putting things in place on how you want to be great in life and start working towards it even without anything. Start drawing plans from A-Z of what your activities will be like for the next few years; even if you are still a student.

Learn, gather and apply vast knowledge towards the area you want to make a difference in Nigeria and the world altogether. Prof. Chinua Achebe, Prof. Wole Soyinka started planning, gathering stories and building and equipping themselves when they were still in school towards their Definite Chief Aim in life. They have made an impact in the world and have motivated a good number of Nigerians. They have also promoted the name of the country. Won’t you like others to get motivated because of you?

Some people believe that greatness is just destiny i.e. predestination. But know that it’s not only destiny, hard work has a very big percentage together with opportunity etc. Hard work entails a lot. Most of these successful Nigerians worked very hard to get to where they are today. Take for example the Bank CEOs, getting more qualifications, trying to be proficient in the banking field, gathering certificates both internationally and locally and trying to be a Fellow in various International and National bodies helped them to get to where they are today. They kept doing all these in order not to be left out. Some of the very great Nigerians came from very sordid backgrounds. Most of them while trying to acquire a certificate or qualification abroad did a lot of odd jobs in order to at least pay their school fees. Honestly, there is no way of achieving greatness that is easy. A lot of people have been discouraged because of fear of the struggles to achieve what they are going for.

Know also that if you are not ready, you can’t grab an opportunity that is around you. 

You can’t be an Inspector General of Police when you are not a police man. You can’t head a bank when you are not a graduate. Know also that connections entail a lot. A lot of people that have made it achieved a lot through connections (who they know). A Governor in office employs not less than 500 people of the State. Think about Secretaries to State Governors and their cabinets, Special advisers, Commissioners and their Secretaries and Special Advisers, Personal Assistants, people in various bodies/board in the state etc. Not to talk of nationally where we have Ambassadors and their crew in not less than 192 countries, Ministers and their cabinets and other National bodies. Even to get awarded a contract depends on who you know. So, instead of still satirizing the government, why can’t you be a part of the solution? Won’t you like the government to depend on you? Won’t you like to be celebrated? Know that if you end up not impacting in the country and in the world, that you have dawdled the time others would have used to help mankind by existing in the world. We are living better today on this planet because of the efforts of people who have existed before. This world would have been a mess if those ones didn’t exist.

It’s time for us to be part of this solution and stop lambasting the Government. The reason being that we have been lambasting them and still there is no result. Let’s forget about them and their selfishness and wickedness. Let’s think and dream of how we can be a solution to this problem. Let us work in other to join the league of Great Men and Women that have provided employment to their fellow Nigerians. Let us try and help other Nigerians that can’t help themselves like a host of Nigerian CEOs have done. When we have done so, the Government will be depending on us, we will make so much money, we will be famous and we will leave our names in the sands of time.

Article by Umezurike Chambers.

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Why Bloggers Fail to Make it Like Linda Ikeji Chinedu Ekeke

“When the going gets tough as a blogger, it’s easier to start up a new thing than to remain consistent. It gets to a stage where you think you chose a wrong niche, a wrong business name, a wrong this and that, then you is pushed to quit your present project to pursue a new one with the intent of changing your niche and maybe the business name. But don’t do that, because by so doing you end up running in circles, starting up new ventures and never truly driving any home. I have seen it happen over and over again.” Before you delve into blogging, it is imperative to have a plan and a reason to blog; if these are not clearly defined, you would end up creating hundreds of defunct blogs.

“Sometimes people come to me and say they want to start blogging and I ask them if they can withstand blogging as a beginner. Do you know the problem with blogging?

“People have this notion that once you own a blog, you become popular, and then because of Linda’s success as a blogger; they assume you will make money, and none of those things are entirely true.”

These are the words of Chinedu Ekeke; activist, writer, blogger and Co-owner of Ekekeee.com and (El communications).

“There’s a side of blogging that people have to know” he continued,“Why it might make you popular is that if people kept reading, at some time they may want to know the brain behind the blog, and the money will take you quite a while but not everyone can get to that ‘while’ point. There’s a side of blogging that people ought to know. You create a blog and think it’s beautiful; you start publishing and publicising but few months into it, the initial excitement wanes. You begin to look at the demands of owning a blog, reality sets in; you need to publish every day, you have no strength or zeal, and money is not even coming in to encourage you, rather you are spending, just then you want to quit. You begin to look at the mistakes you have made, brand name, niche, and then you want to dump it and start something else. But I must say that at this time one must persevere and just keep doing it.”

I remember meeting Chinedu Ekeke around this same time last year at a conference after I had noticed and observed the part he played as a motivator and influencer during the Occupy Nigeria protest in response to the removal of fuel subsidy. I had benignly read his numerous articles on Sahara Reporters and other media platforms. These pieces so factual and distinctive; you wouldn’t need a native doctor’s calabash or mantras to decipher the brilliance and power behind the man who stood 5ft7? tall and in his early 30’s. Nedu as he’s fondly called is a thoughtful, intelligent and an ‘angry’ young individual as Japhet Omojuwa once wrote and Abati once inferred. Honest, unbiased, patriotic, and has words that readily tells of his disapproval, disappointment, disdain and sadness over Nigeria’s condition and the failing decisions of the Federal Government today.

Before meeting Nedu last year, I’d kept up with him on twitter by following his @Nedunaija handle. I tried to read every of his tweet, joined his twitter debates, insights, arguments. And when he launched his blog Ekekeee.com; a platform that offers Nigerian youths a base to articulate, debate and express their diverse views on the state and affairs of the country, I was among the first people to write comments if not the first. I remember tweeting at him saying; “Nedu, the love and anger you bear for Nigeria’s affairs is just as that flint that bear fire. You remind me of the man I once was”. Ekekee.com the blog today is of course different from what it was last year when we first met. Nedu apparently at some point decided to drive the blog into new territories and which of course would stretch resources, and hopefully generate revenue.

“Yes new sections were added to the blog in bid to have diversified new content other than just politics. We still hold our political views and have no plans of leaving it. The Ekekeee model still remains. I and Jude still write and so do others. We have expanded; we now get fresh news, very fresh. We have our sources and can be quoted. Sports and entertainment are the new grounds we are about to conquer. The ‘commenteriat’ which is the key of the Ekekeee blog still plays its role. The idea is to build a community of ardent readers and followers to drive political views and otherwise and then money should come, or shouldn’t money come?” He asked rhetorically. “Because I have been committed to that blog for two years now, we’ve been investing money on data management, on everything; time and energy sourcing for information and news, the bills have to be paid so long we don’t go begging PDP or government officials for stolen money. Where we are now is the plan, we still have a long way to go.”

“The monetization of the blog all those times didn’t pay much. Many see Google adsense ads and think that so much money is being made but let me ask, how much is Google adsense paying? Do you want me tell you how much I made in Google adsense in 2 years? Stipends! Do you know that adsense has been modified, such that even with all your hits, the amount per click is too insignificant, because advertisers aren’t paying much, and 75% of your visitors come through mobile and you know the people who click ads on mobile are a lot fewer than on desktop. Thus, Ekekeee blog is still an ongoing project as we are still trying to fine tune its path towards a certain future.”

“My company El Communications of which the Ekekeee blog is a product of, runs PR. We manage images of companies and individuals, do press releases for organisations and companies and use social media to drive it. Very soon I shall discontinue twitter marketing although I’m still yet to finally decide. In the last 3 months I’ve had to turn down some offers because of my unwillingness. I have no reasons in mind though”.

In one of his articles ‘Opportunity cost of corruption’, one could feel his pains and utmost chagrin as he wrote; “This article will be not be taken seriously by those who need it; the president and his team. They don’t run a government of common sense; they run a regime of miracles. They squander billions in subsidy fraud, dubious budgets for cutlery and banquet halls, and then ‘trust God’ with our national development”. So much power in the tongue i am thinking, as I inquire his beef with the Nigerian presidents.

“I still have some respect for OBJ compared to the present one who doesn’t have any clue, force and will. I have a lot of aversion for Mr Jonathan. I can’t stand him. There’s nothing he is doing right. He gets everything wrong. If I had five minutes with Jonathan, I will tell him that one cannot govern any country without knowing that corruption and impunity will eat up any effort one makes. Corruption has to be stopped first then we will have money. Look at it this way, governing Nigeria well is about money because if we have enough money, we will build power stations, roads, standard rails, electric trains, there will be water everywhere and more infrastructures. We need so much money to massively develop Nigeria. There’s no way we can do this things because some people keep stealing this money and nothing happens to them. Can you imagine that we are still on the case of three trillion naira that was stolen from subsidy up till today? Thus, only a joker would try to govern a state with such level of corruption”.

Nedu is a remarkable character. On one hand there is a man driven by old fashioned values of integrity, hard work and passion for his country. On the other is a new-age thinker, who believes in washing away old depleted structures and having new ones erected. When I talk of the occupy Nigeria protest, results, personal goals and future, his interest is awoken.

“Once you take care of corruption every other thing works. If you know that as a lecturer you are well paid and you go to school and do not do your research but rather teach your students excerpts from your lecture notes of 1990, and you know that you would be sacked, you won’t do such a thing.  Someday I will retire as a lecturer, maybe at 50 – 55. As a trained accountant I still consult, set up accounting systems for businesses; thus I hope to teach ‘modern’, accounting, taxation, pay rolls etc. I was not ok with the impact of the Occupy Nigeria. I expected a result that will come with a bang, a total reversal of the price increment which never happened because a group of people ‘the labour  people’ who did not understand what was at stake got frightened by the powers of the senate,  got promised committee appointments, got bribed and chickened out. If we the real people involved in those protests had gone to represent us, we wouldn’t have been in this same place; the outcome would have been different. If a total reversal was achieved, the government would have been starved of that extra fund they wanted, thereby forcing them to look inward and question why such amount of money was spent on subsidy then eventually be forced to recover the money by prosecuting the people involved”.

On the difference between Nedunaija and Ekekeee, he replied; “Nedunaija was on twitter as Nedunaija, Ekekeee is a blog that was built, but Nedunaija handled the Ekekeee twitter account as one entity. Ekekeee is a media platform owned by El communications which in turn is owned by me and a partner Jude Egbas. Thus, Ekekeee had to be separate. Nedunaija is my personal account while Ekekeee is an official account. The Nedunaija is Chinedu who is actually obsessed with the Nigerian quagmire, challenge and story.”

When asked about ASUU Vs FG and the ongoing crisis in Syria, his eyes lit up with this patriotic flare I swore I’d seen many times in a Mel Gibson movie.

“I would have started bombing Syria, you don’t kill your people because they don’t want you. You don’t kill the weak. This is a moral war and not one driven by greed like the one in George bush’s administration. I saw the pictures of the activists killed by the chemical weapon, i felt so sad. I think America should go ahead with the assault and let’s see what happens next. The weak must be defended.”

“Many say ASUU is greedy, what a foolish utterance. They are ill-informed. What is the greed? A common legislator earns as much as 30 million a month and a professor earns maybe 200,000 naira after 25 or years. Do the math. What are ASUU’s demands? Better working conditions salaries and allowances, money for research, conditions of the universities. We can keep pretending that all is well. The government has no political will and is not willing to do anything good in Nigeria”. The talk is still ongoing, the students are losing time and you know the labor market doesn’t employ you if you are beyond a certain age, so what then happens?”

Nedu says most of this people in the government calling the shots have their children studying abroad where there is no time lapse. That this should be interpreted as another war against the poor so that their children would be the only ones that can get employed.

Source: www.thebusinessaim.com

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