Introduction to the event

According to @ehiboss in this post which he vividly explains a bout the Steemit In Nigeria event and I define in his words which we collectively agree to.

Steemit In Nigeria is a Nigerian event aimed at creating mass awareness about the steem/steemit possibility. The project started more than three months ago as a project to contribute back to the steemsphere.

The idea of the event which existed as far back as May 2017, was the first proposed mega meet up of new and aspiring steemians and steem users in Nigeria. The idea quickly moved from simply being an idea to becoming a planned event.
The event being the first of it's kind of that magnitude in Nigeria of course not neglecting a humble meet up previously held by a Nigerian steemian who was also on the platform. The main objective behind it was to fix the con of so many meet ups, which was the cost.

In a country like Nigeria, every cent counts and holding meet ups to solely celebrate steemians existing in a geographical location was not technically helping to increase the population here, it was spending money that could be given to charity, hence the idea for an event that actually targets everyone not only pre-existing steemians.

The Eastern Steemit call

The Eastern part of Nigeria which comprises of not less than five states of the total states in Nigeria, has millions of individuals who are educated yet unemployed.

The vast majority of the unemployed graduates are either due to lack of godfathers to "push buttons", lack of cash to bribe interviewers, lack of jobs which need their specialized skill set, unfavorable employment quota in the country etc.
Most of these graduates now opt to become criminals, not due to their preferred choice, rather, due to harsh economic climes.

In biology, evolution theory to be precise, we realize that it is survival of the fittest, which implies that everyone simply wants to survive as it is in the human nature never to go down without a fight.
Not to bore you with my talks of biology, we relate this to the harsh but realistic situations people find themselves in, in this world.

The Eastern part of Nigeria is known for it's industrious nature and a quick trip to the popular Aba market will answer the question of doubt you might have.
They are also known for being people who know how to promote business and investments making the right leadership calls when necessary.

Even though I have taken up minutes of your time telling you what google might not even know, I will explain yet further to say that as sweet as I have painted the scenario in the Eastern part of Nigeria, I can tell you that sadly, there are millions of unemployed youths in the country.

So many people blame the large population for the rate of employment, but if so, then Madagascar should be richer than Nigeria right?
The country is richly blessed with an abundance of resources and because of the "centralized" nature of things, only a few greedily exploit and abuse the resources continously, thereby plunging the once rich country into an oblivion of poverty.

What then is the way forward? Some time back, I found the answer and it was in the Steemit In Nigeria event. When I saw the initial posts about the event, I dug further and I and @ehiboss made contact and did some brainstorming, turns out we had similar ideals about helping people and it clicked.

I realized that everyone else was simply doing meetups for people already users of steemit, but this was different, this was centered around people who had nothing or people who genuinely needed another chance at getting at least three square meals daily.

This had a potential of keeping the streets clean to an extent and that was the ideal @ehiboss also shared. Do you know that the war on crime has always been fought with violence or force, but has yielded little results as compared to the time frame, this is largely due to the fact that once the people are caught and released, they have no where else to go but right back to crime. This time around, violence and crime will be clamped with love and opportunity.

I immediately set to work on my own part by talking to people about steemit and the steemit in Nigeria event. I hit my first crossroad when I realized that the people being introduced needed mentoring about the dos and dont's of the site. I put out a post as the work was cumbersome for only me, immediately @ehiboss contacted me and offered to help and we started a whatsapp group for the people we introduced and since then we have been gathering people totalling almost 60 so far, and we explain daily on how to go about steemit.

The goal and the challenges

The goal of the event is aimed at helping people find employment and also helping Steem as a crypto.
According to this post:

• The event aims at creating blogging employment for millions of Nigerians through steemit and allowing the exponential growth of the community.
• An internet usage in a country like Nigeria will definitely put steemit.com in the top 100 sites in the shortest possible time.
• A good and active user base could be a major boost on the direction of $4 to 1 steem before this year runs out.
• A facebook and youtube like community which pays you for your words becomes possible numerically with this event.
• The event also aims at fostering healthy interaction among people, and a chance to show creativity in various walks of life.

The major challenges

• A lot of the people being introduced to the platform from the East want to attend the event in November, but transportation the cost of transport is a major issue.
• The cost of data which is very high as we have to be online constantly to attend to people in the group and also sponsor those who do not have the initial capital to buy data.
• Registration of new members as the process of registration is very slow sometimes and up till now, we still have new members pending, yet to be approved.

The team members

• @ehiboss
• @gbenga
• @illuminatus
• @jade56
• @mediahousent
• @gloglo
• @leczy
• @destinysaid
• @mimy
• @ogoowinner
• @steve1122

The cost

The original budget was scaled to $3,500 (not checked for inflation) and $4,500 (with inflation). Of course, the changes in the budget equals a resultant change in the structure of the event.

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