OP, thanks for putting this out here. You did noble.
theymos operates in a mysterious manner; the more you attempt to comprehend him, the less you understand.
But of course, we know it's deliberate. It's not as if he doesn't stroll the forum and read most of the things posted here. I want to believe theymos is applying one of Robert Greene's laws as outlined in his book –
48 Laws of Power. The law I'm referring to is the one that talks about being unpredictable around people.
I think that its obvious to everyone following local boards situation thta Nigerian board is one of the few that could use few more emrit sources. I will just leave here two charts, one that shows total amount of merit senders/receivers, and the one that shows merit/post ratio which confirms what OP is saying.
Thank you a zillion times. You've always shown support to the Nigeria struggle. Overtime, you've proved that. We saw it during our quest for a local board and now to asking for more merit sources. Thank you for this uncommon thing you do.