In the past few weeks, it hasn't been easy for Nigerians who recide in the country and diaspora as the youths decided to speak out against police brutality and demand an end to bad governance through a well organized and peaceful Protests.
As a Nigerian, I must tell you, I haven't seen such an awesome unity among my people since I was born. Nigeria is a country in West Africa made up of different ethnic groups, numerous languages and Religions. This has always made it difficult for unity to prevail Which gives the bad leaders in government opportunity to violate the rights of citizens and go Scot free.
But the story took a different turn this year as majority of youths decided to keep their differences aside and storm the street with one voice under the hashtag #EndSars. The major aim of the Protests was to speak against the the inhumane acts of the Special anti-robbery Squad of the Nigerian police force on the average Nigerian youth.
Members of this arm of the police force violate the rights of the youths by intruding into their privacies, they search their phones, laptop and other gadgets, they make arrests unnecessarily and extort individuals of their hard earned money. When arguments ensure, they waste no time in lodging bullets into their victims and throwing their dead bodies into the rivers and lakes. This has continued for years, in the next paragraph, I will tell you why they are doing these.
Sars officers do all of those things under the guise of fighting against internet fraud. They believe that every single youth in a country such as Nigeria where there are limited job opportunities, without a white collar job shouldn't live an expensive Life. They believe that, if you don't have an office but you are leaving just fine then you must be in one way or the other connected to internet fraud. See what they forget or probably don't know about in the next paragraph.
They forget that youths of these days have decided to use what they have to gain what they want. They probably don't know that there is something called forex trading. Nigerian youths have greatly adopted forex trading and investment. They are making it big from crypto currency thereby introducing more youths into it. There are many exchange and trading platforms currently operating locally in Nigeria. Check out the inscription on the placard contained in the picture below, it is one of the pictures from the protest.
It says "Bitcoin investors no be Yahoo"
You are most likely not to understand that statement as a Non-Nigerian due to the heavy pidgin English it contained. Pidgin English is mostly spoken in African countries like Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa etc but it originated from Nigeria. So, that inscription simply means "Bitcoin investors are not Internet fraudsters". Internet fraudsters are mostly referred to as 'Yahoo boys' in Nigeria. There are Many placards with this same inscription held by the protesters all over the country during the Protests.
Immediately I saw this placard, I quickly look through the pictures I have to see if I can find the one with other cryptocurrencies but no! I didn't. Not even my beloved Bitcoincash (BCH). yes, Bitcoincash has been my beloved since I joined read.cash. All I saw was BTC. That tells a lot how Nigerians have taken great interest in Bitcoin.
Now I'm asking These questions; what could be the problem? Why only Bitcoin? Are other cryptocurrencies not lucrative enough to invest in? What of Bitcoincash? See my thoughts in the next paragraph.
My Thought: I think that bitcoincash (BCH) need more awareness in Nigeria, a country of over 200 million people and purpose driven youths that have adopted forex trading as a means of survival in the midst of unemployment.
Below is a screenshot of a tweet by Jack, the Twitter CEO endorsing the option of donating through Bitcoin (BTC) towards the #EndSars Protests. Guess what, Nigerian youths adopted it and it witnessed a great success. I wished it was bitcoincash (BCH). I couldn't even donate because I only had BCH.
Most of the exchange platforms in Nigeria currently do not accept BCH and it's not encouraging at all.
Let me tell you the outcome of the Protests. Federal Government of Nigeria in response to the demands of the protesters disbanded SARS and promised compensation for victims of Police brutality. They also promised a total reform of the Police. So sad, that hoodlums hijacked the Protests, destroyed properties, looted and killed innocent citizens. Due to this a ban has been placed on the Protests and everything is gradually going back to normal.
This means that more Nigerian youths are going to invest in crypto without the fear of being harrased by the police. Don't you think it is the right time to let them Know about Bitcoincash (BCH)?
My Suggestion: I don't have much knowledge in crypto and forex trading but I know these; if you want to have the attention of Nigerian youths, it is definitely through social media. Especially, Twitter and Facebook. Big investors of Bitcoincash can use this platforms to promote BCH in Nigeria. Locate the exchange and trading platforms operating in Nigeria, let them adopt BCH and watch Nigerian youths invest in BCH massively.
The good news is that, it's not only the youths that are currently interested in crypto. Nigerian business men are too!
