Another thread about the Nigerian board, do we really need it? as far as I can see, there are 11-12 active users, I guess not every one of you will open a new thread on a Nigerian local board.
In that way, you are slowly turning into spam, which certainly does not help in achieving the goal.
I don't know if the admin reacts following a particular pattern, like a thread needing to be pinned before it can be turned into a board. The Nigerian local board is very active and always on the top of the first page of the other languages board (exempting pinned threads) and is more active than many pinned local boards.
Pinning the thread is however a less demanding request and I hope it gets accepted. As you said it would give more publicity and those Nigerians who may get be unaware of the existence of a Nigerian community could learn of it and join in, giving more reasons to get an actual board.
If we discuss the real need for your board, to be honest, I don't see the excessive need for that. User @igehhh regularly posts activity statistics on your local topic and for example, in the last week, you wrote a total of 36 posts.
it cannot be called very active, it’s just a little more than a weekly requirement for a signature campaign of one user.