Ojoma Ochai, Obi Nwosu, and Abubakar Nur Khalil, are three Nigerians whose names are on the lips of millions, following their nascent appointment by Jack Dorsey.
The three Nigerians together with a South African, Carla Kirk-Cohen, are to become a part of board members of the Bitcoin (BTrust) trust fund.
The four developers who are said to had been selected from a pool of 7,000 applicants, have been dedicated to efforts geared towards the promotion of bitcoin development across Africa.
“They’ll now work towards defining the operating principles as they think about how to best distribute the 500 bitcoin towards development efforts,” according to Dorsey.
The former Twitter CEO, who has been a long-time supporter of Bitcoin had consistently hinted about spearheading a global push for cryptocurrency acceptance amid stiff opposition by countries, including Nigeria where three of his BTrust leaders are from.
Sometime in June 2021, he said “the people of Nigeria will lead bitcoin” despite the Nigerian authorities clamping down on the trading of cryptocurrencies with a ban in place by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).
You might recall that the apex bank in February 2021 ordered banks to identify and close down all accounts involved in the transfer or exchange of cryptocurrencies and reminded “regulated financial institutions that dealing with cryptocurrencies or facilitating payments for cryptocurrency exchanges is prohibited.”
