Good day and welcome to 
The word “Minna” in the account name is the name of the state capital of Niger State in Nigeria. Niger State is located in the northern part of Nigeria where the team leaders of the
But before I proceed, I would love to debunk the mindset of people about Nigerians to be criminals and fraudsters who do nothing but cheat people. That could be partially true but there are still good people in Nigeria.
WHAT IS STEEMMINNA AND WHO ARE THEY?
Steemminna is an idea birthed by some youngsters who out of great concern for youths in the northern part of Nigeria who are suffering poverty, lack and starvation. This is as a result of past and present Governments who have come and gone, and have refused to pay attention to the needs of its citizens especially in the northern part of Nigeria where poverty is at its peak of activities.
The youngsters had its first meet up at the Federal University Of Technology Minna on the 17th Of February 2018 with some students who were not yet members of the steem platform.
The team is made up of 9 steemians who joined the platform middle of 2017 and early 2018, and they include:
A graduate of Geography , Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai
A graduate of Adult Education/Business Administration, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai
A graduate of Geography, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai
A student of Statistics, Federal University Of Technology Minna
A student of Geography, Federal University Of Technology Minna
A student of Statistics , Federal University Of Technology Minna
A student of Industrial Technology Education, Federal University Of Technology Minna
A student of Physics, Federal University Of Technology Minna
A student of Library And Information Technology, Federal University Of Technology Minna
WHY NORTHERN NIGERIA?
Nigeria is a great country blessed with lots of natural resources but its citizens tend not to benefit from these resources due to leaders who are selfish and corrupt, who fail to look at the plight of its citizens. The northern region happen to be the region who have produced the highest number of leaders before the independence in the year 1960 and after the independence but one tends to wonder why the poverty rate in the region is higher than other regions of the country.
The above is the reason why the
OUR GOAL
Our goal as 
OUR OBJECTIVES
- First, to reach out to the students in the five higher institutions in Niger state, educating them about wealth creation, cryptocurrency and the steem platform as a way of empowering them financially and from there to reach out to other institutions within the northern region of Nigeria. The five institutions within the state include
Federal University Of Technology Minna
Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University Lapai
Federal Polytechnic Bida
College Of Education Chanchanga
College Of Education, Kontongora
- To introduce at least 50 people who are ready to produce good content to the steem platform and with easy account creation through the steemconnect with available relevant guide to help them understand the platform by one of the team members.
A DETAILED GUIDE TO HELP NEWBIES FROM MY ONE MONTH DEEP EXPERIENCE AND STUDY--PART 1
A DETAILED GUIDE TO HELP NEWBIES FROM MY ONE MONTH DEEP EXPERIENCE AND STUDY--PART 2
FOLLOW FOR FOLLOW, ANY USEFULNESS?
Reach out to orphanages in the northern part of Nigeria starting from Niger state with the sole aim of providing them with food items and other basic necessities of life because it was not their fault to be orphans but life’s unfairness got to them at a very early stage.
Reach to secondary and primary school children to provide them with writing materials, school uniforms and meals.
Job creation for unemployed youths, skill acquisition and empowering those in businesses with some capital to boast their businesses.
Once a while visitation to the hospital to help in settling the bills of some patients and providing meals to those who don’t have the money.
WHY WE BELIEVE IN THE STEEM PLATFORM
We are bold to say we believe in the steem platform as a way of helping the poor, not because we were told but some of our team had experienced some love on the platform and also some of our team members have being able to reach out to the needy as well.
Read a brief story of one of our team members,
”I was supposed to graduate last year from the university here in Nigeria but couldn’t because I failed two courses in school and could not finish up my project work in school. Not as though I was not intelligent but I was in financial need and my mind couldn’t focus to read and retain what I read. I felt and understood what it means to be hungry because I dwelt in that valley for long. Which meant an extra year in school, I became more frustrated because I wondered where I could raise the school fees and sustain myself in school but in the cause of seeking things to do online to raise my school fees, I met 
Aside the story of 
On the first of June 2018, there was a visit to the Government Orphanage Minna here in Niger State of Nigeria by 
Here are some pictures from the reach out to the orphanage
OUR APPEAL TO THE STEEM COMMUNITY FOR SPONSORSHIP
We can do more to reach out to those in need, if only the community can come to our aide through donations of steem dollars, steem, steem power delegation and upvotes on our subsequent posts as we would be giving updates on our reach outs and charity activities just to keep the community informed that we are keeping to our words.
We are calling on these steemians who have shown love over the past and their kindness is reaching out to many 
