S.I.N. as a tool of development
According to trading economics, the unemployment rate in Nigeria increased to 14.2 percent in the last quarter of 2016 from 10.4 percent a year earlier. It is the highest jobless rate since 2009 as the number of unemployed went up by 3.5 million to 11.549 million while employment rose at a slower 680.8 thousand to 69.6 million.
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The S.I.N initiative, birthed from the notion that poverty could be defeated with the idea of the steem blockchain, was focused on rapidly repopulating the blockchain with the creativity it needs to drive the world forward towards a peaceful and more rewarding society.
Unemployment has been associated with high crime rates, even coming in as one of notable causes of crime in the society. This bags the question the question: "if unemployment is tackled, what happens to crime?"
The problem, is that when people are brought in into the platform, they are usually abandoned to find their way solely on their own, this causes a relapse and creates a back to square one scenario where abandonment becomes a problem.
Bringing people into the platform is half the job, sustenance and proper grooming becomes necessary and that is another core value the S.I.N. crew has been working on.
Are we an ordinary meet up? Are we a gathering? The answer would be a yes and no at the same time. Yes in the conventional sense and no in the sense that we see ourselves as much more. We interpret the blockchain needs and act accordingly, that makes us a blockchain phenomenon.
Initially, a simple advert was enough to sway people, but right now the blockchain requires more than that as there are numerous competitors out there competing for what the blockchain has in abundance and that is excellence.
Truth be told, a competition is one who is equally matched with the other, but the uniqueness of the steem blockchain gives it a touch of excellence and one wonders why it is still undervalued by some when it could be adopted by all, the Steemit In Nigeria initiative hopes to fix that.
Among what makes the blockchain unique is the fact that the Steem Backed Dollar, being a unique 'blogger' cryptocurrency, has not only broken it's supposed $1 mark, it has sustained an all time high and that goes to show another quality of the steem blockchain which is possibility and the Steemit In Nigeria team has shown time and again, the drive to enable well meaning individuals partake in the possibility.
S.I.N. and Nigeria's statistics
The Steemit In Nigeria initiative has provided the spark for steem domination in the Nigerian market and as evident by blockchain records, the steemit in Nigeria drive has birthed so many campaigns with similar drives for the Nigerian populace.
Unemployment and account creation
Unemployment has received a blow due to efforts spurned from the steemit in Nigeria initiative and other like minded initiatives.
So many accounts have been created in Nigeria since the inception of the steemit in Nigeria initiative kick started in May, below is a statistics of accounts opened, look at the charts and focus on the sharp difference from May till December.
As evident, the difference is clear, there has been an influx into the blockchain in the past few months especially in Nigeria and this is a sign of real progress. For every new sign up, there is a corresponding decrease by one in the total number of unemployed Nigerian in the world.
Partnerships and mergers
This year,the steemit in Nigeria crew has been more focused on growing a better platform and producing exceedingly amazing results and surpassing the achievements of last year and also learning from a mistake or two.
Last week, some members of the steemit in Nigeria crew comprising of:
Went to Sapele in Delta state for week and had a series of meetings to plan for the future of the blockchain using the Steemit in Nigeria initiative to push the platform to greater heights.
From left to right,with the red and black long sleeve top,
on black short sleeve, while
was the photographer.
We had our first wave of meeting with the members of the steem camp crew comprising of:
Picture above was when we were saying the opening prayer with
It was a lengthy meeting which dragged until night fall, with the Steemit in Nigeria crew agreeing to sponsor the steem camp crew with one million naira (almost $3,000) to help ensure the success of their event.
At the end of the meeting, everyone took some time out to unwind and have a good time, before the Steemit in Nigeria crew present proceeded to continue with further meetings. Contact the crew for further information.
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We also met with the organizer of the steemit campus invasion to discuss plans on how to include his wonderful idea into the Steemit In Nigeria calendar and we came to a smooth agreement. More on the subject will be talked on by 
The members of 
Other meetings were held also to discuss various progressive projects which we'll be seeing the impact of those meetings soon.
Brief rundown of SIN2
SIN2 slated for November (not going to coincide with Steemfest3), will be held in Abuja, Federal Capital territory in Nigeria. This will be better as registrations will be open as from ending of January or early February and it will be online registration with steem, sbd and fiat as the three preferred payment options.
Maximum security is guaranteed and our official logo will be unveiled soon and so will the website. To ensure ease, the SIN2 calendar was created to accommodate the program of events with ease.
Accommodation, feeding, registration will be done on the website and we encourage people to do it as soon as possible as we are allowing people a large time frame to ensure convenience when paying.
Our target this year is full blown steem domination and we intend to achieve that by all means.
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