Yes, he has one of the lowest allocations compared to the new sources that thyemos added a few years ago. How do you manage smerits that accounts for less than 10% of all active posters? Pidgin is tough for individuals who are not Nigerians to comprehend, making it difficult for a random merit source to patrol and drop something on a post they can't even read.
Have you considered using
Report unmerited good posts to Merit Source thread until you get more merit sources?
Few years ago we ( Croatian local board) we were in the similar position and I used to report our good posts and it really helped us so maybe you could do the same while waiting.