I see you comparing the numbers but I don't think it's all about that in getting your request approved, you had just 18 active members last month while we had over 70, all engaging in production discussion as we mandated on the thread with low quality been deleted (discouraged). Lets talk about the activeness of our local users on the general forum, you can take a look at the names on the table, alot of them are quite productive on the general forum and Nigeria like thread are filled all over the forum.
This is an aspect that affects many local boards. There are many users who, despite being from a particular country or language, end up not participating in that country/language board. Perhaps because of the aspect you mentioned, because they think it has greater privacy or repales.
I think this shouldn't happen on a forum like Bitcointalk, although unfortunately I know it happens.
In turn, I don't think it's the fact that it only has 18 active users, clearly, that prevents them from having a local board. Those 18 can be much more active than the 70 of other cadres (I'm not saying that those 70 participate little).
If you look closely at the quoted monthly stats, there were an average of 50 active participation on the Nigeria board each month, and keep in mind that there are more new members who have yet to be added, and my reason is that I want to see how active they will stay on the thread and not someone who will just make a post and disappear. For the reasons stated on the Chart op, no newbies were added. A comparison should never be made in the first place. Creating a local board is more than just activities; many criteria must be met, and Nigeria has been without one for nearly two years. Nigeria is one of the top five countries in terms of crypto adoption. is also a big plus. It is unlikely that theymos will create a local board with 200+ pages for only 18 active members.
So if you ask me a fair comparison of active members is 29 vs 52
In terms of simple math, how is that a fair comparison? Riding on Nigeria's success will not get you one; it took almost two years after the official request thread to get one, and Nigeria did not make a valid reason by riding on the existing local boards. Doubting Theymos' decision will only make things more difficult for you because that is exactly what you are doing.
BTW i wish Pakistans luck.......