By Moses Okorie
The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Mr. Festus Keyamo says he laughed and danced over the new music released by popular Nigerian singer, Eedris Abdulkareem titled ‘Jagajaga Reloaded’, but described it as a poor attempt at blackmail. Eedris Abdulkareem had accused Keyamo of abandoning the struggle because he has been appointed by the government.
Keyamo posted this on Saturday, April 24, 2021 on his official Twitter handle @fkeyamo where he said, “Eedris Abdulkareem just released a song, ‘jagajaga reloaded’, where he waxed the following lyrics, “where Festus Keyamo sef? He don dey chop with cabal o”. I laughed out so loud and even danced to the rhythm too. But there’s a small story behind this poor attempt at blackmail.
“I wish to assure Eedris and any who think being in Govt is tantamount to ‘chopping’, that for some of us (I can’t speak for others) it is just an honour to serve our country and an attempt to move from armchair criticism to a real participant in order to make a difference.
“We can all sit back and enjoy the ‘jagajaga reloaded’. One of the objectives of the song is to call me out since I ghosted him for attempted extortion – he has now succeeded. Another objective is to help promote the song by my reaction – that he has also achieved!”