2013: I thank you all

As 2013 finally rolls to an end, I want to seize this opportunity to thank everyone that has contributed in one way or the other to the phenomenal rise of this portal, Jarushub.

This is our first year and I must confess the growth of Jarushub surpassed my expectation. It was nominated with the Jobberman of this country as Nigeria’s Career Blog of the Year 2013. It also shared same space with established blogs like Linda Ikeji, in the nomination for the Nigerian Blog of the Year 2013. When I decided to move from Nairaland to open this blog in March 2013, I wasn’t too sure of the terrain. There I was, a 9-5 corporate worker, floating a portal that wanted to compete with those that do theirs on full time basis.

Today, as I write this, apart from offering valuable information that has helped to reduce unemployment in Nigeria, I am also proud to state that Jarushub is now an employer of labour. It is my joy to see this passion nudging to full scale social enterprise.

In September 2013,I organized what could pass for the biggest assembly of top-notch professionals for young Nigerians, The 1st Jarushub Career Conference, at Lekki, Lagos.

Also this year, going by Tope Fasua’s advice on putting our knowledge into books, I decided to write my first book, an e-book, THE ROAD TO VICTORIA ISLAND. That is another milestone. Efforts are also ongoing to write my second book, INSIDE THE HIGHRISES OF VICTORIA ISLAND: A GUIDE TO CLIMBING THE CAREER LADDER IN CORPORATE NIGERIA, which will see me interview founders of two of the twenty four banks in Nigeria.

I must thank the following personalities who have added value in one way or the other to this portal.

Let me start from those that accepted our interview requests or participated as resource persons in our  offline career conference:

1, Mr. Nuhu Rubadu, former Presidential Candidate, Federal Republic of Nigeria

2, Mr. Olusegun Adeniyi, former Presidential Media Adviser, Federal Republic of Nigeria

3, Mr. Simon Kolawole, Former Editor, THISDAY newspapers

4, Professor Pius Adesanmi, Respected Public Intellectual and Canada-based professor

5, Professor Farook Kperogi, Respected Grammar Columnist and US-based professor

6, Mr. Niyi Yusuf, CEO, Accenture Nigeria

7, Mr. Femi Awoyemi, CEO, Proshare Nigeria

8, Mr. Opeyemi Agbaje, CEO, Resources & Trust and respected newspaper columnist

9, Mr. Akeem Oyewale, Director, Standard Bank

10, Mr. Lloyd Onaghinon, GM, StanbicIBTC

11, Mrs. Nimi Akinkugbe, CEO, Best Games Limited, former GM, StanbicIBTC, respected newspaper columnist

12, Mr. Tope Fasua, CEO, Global Analytics and Respected Newspaper columnist

13, Mr. Taiwo Oyedele, Partner, Tax & Corporate  services, PwC Nigeria

14, Miss Abimbola Adelakun, Columnist, Punch newspaper

15, Dragnet Solutions Limited

My team have also been wonderful. I must thank the following personalities for providing content that enriched this platform in 2013:

1, Mr. Emmanuel Ewumi:  Investment Columnist

2, Dr. Michael Taiwo: Monday general issues Columnist

3, Mr. Sola Fagorusi: Consultant and general issues columnist

4, Mr. Obafemi Bamidele: Analyst

5, Mr. Kolawole Nasir: HR columnist

6, Mr. David Apaflo: Career and entrepreneurship columnist

7, Engineer Ajanlekoko: Career columnist

8, Mr. Mayowa Akinsola: General issues columnist

9, Barrister Misbau Lateef: Legal columnist

10, Dr. Muhammad Shakir Balogun: Health columnist

11. Ibrahim Adeigbe : Language activism contributor

12.  Austin Archibong : Engineering and student matters contributor

Truth is, no matter how finely written an article is, if nobody reads it, the writer loses motivation. Readers keep writers going. That is why we have to salute our readers, those that comment and those that don’t:

1, Egbon Hashim Adebayo

2, Lawatog

3, Nitrogen

4, Fummy Kemmy

5, Mukhtar Oluwaseun Azeez

6, Semiu Ayobami Akanmu

7, Lammy

8, Nyime Osaroedey

9, Mutiu

10, kamoruadigun

11, Fatai Ogungbenle

12, Lanre Olokun

13, Habeeb

14, Great Geo

15, Boay

16, uche@wisdom for wealth

17, Gbemi

18, Lanre Ibrahim

19, Rashidah

20, Siddiq

21, Efficacy

22, Joseph

23, Rufai

24, Haboosa

and many, many more

There are others, like JAY BABA KWAGHE and YUSUFALESH,  who hardly comment, but are super-loyal readers of Jarushub and have not missed a single post from inception.

I also know that  there are many others who don’t comment or even contact me but are regular visitors to the hub, they deserve commendation too. In fact, on a day this site was not loading, it was from people I didn’t even know  followed me, that I got to know as I was bombarded with messages from Facebook to twitter that Jarushub’s url wasn’t loading for that day. That is how loyal they are.

2014 promises to be a better year, by the special grace of God.

Once again, I thank you all.

Jarus

Founder, Jarushub Career Portal