Did you also notice that most Nigerian members here in Bitcointalk earn merit very quickly compared to other local members who have been on Bitcointalk for a long time and have quality posts but still struggle to rank up because they can't earn merit? Are there cases in the Nigerian community of merit abuse? I'm not being racist here, just an observation. How do they manage to earn merits like that?
Firstly op why didn't you post this with your main account instead of using an alt? Because I don't see how some one with zero merit understands how the merit system in Naija board works and even knows the correct board to post this?
Unless you provide concrete evidence, I don't think there is anything unusual. Before they only had Brainboss as a merit source, and I don't know if theymos ended up appointing another one. But in any case, that merit circulates in a local section is normal and the Nigerian community is quite important in Bitcointalk. I'm sure most of those that come to mind, like Brainboss, Charles-Tim, Igebotz, Mia Chloe, Satoprincess and many others have earned their merits honestly.
Just like poker player mentioned, Naija board had no merit sources for a very long time. And even Brainboss who is our merit source doesn't have much smerit allocation. If you even check the Naija board properly I believe we have only one merit review thread and it was even created of recent this year per say. I'm not saying that there don't exist any merit cycle on our board but what I'm saying is don't generalize the local board in matters like this. We have a lot of active and knowledgeable members on our board that have earned all their merits honestly.