Open letter to the Nigerian community on steemit

Fellow Nigerians,

Let me first of all congratulate all of us on this platform. Gone are those days when anyone seen working almost 24/7 with laptops is seen as scammer/yahoo boy. I can bet it with you that the Nigerian community on this platform will keep expanding. We are hardworking and honest people. Many Nigerians are here working hand in hand with steemit to keep the platform's integrity. I have only spent few days on this platform. I have read a lot and posted a few. I have seen some very good posts and some really bad ones. I have posts getting the deserved rewards and some really good ones getting little or no rewards. At the same time, I have seen some seemingly bad posts getting undeserved rewards. I took my time to learn and I am still learning.

My little experience has informed me that steemit is much more than just the financial rewards, it is an investment opportunity. Those who post bad write ups and get huge financial rewards have done more than just reaping rewards on this platform, they have invested. I learnt about powering up and powering down. The more you power up, the more your influence on upvotes and the more you power down, the lesser the value of your upvotes. If we Nigerians continue powering down at every available opportunity, we will be gradually losing our stakes on this platform. We need more of bullish whales than the bearish whales so that we can help Nigerian newbies to find their feet on this platform and increase our stake. This is a pure investment opportunity. Most of us have seen the link between the steem and cryptocurrency. We should learn more and be well informed. As for me, I am determined to increase my stake and my influence here in order to help myself and help others. If we do not help our own, Who will?

God bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria

Regards @aamin