Russell Okung believes that his native nation must quickly align itself with the Central American country. The tackler who charges in BTC through Strike offers his support to the Nigerian presidency.

Russell Okung, a player in the US National Football League (NFL), sent a letter to the government of his native country, Nigeria, to follow in the footsteps of El Salvador and meet its financial sovereignty through a national standard under the pioneering banner of cryptocurrencies.

Okung, who is currently part of the offensive line of the NFL’s Carolina Panthers, wrote a lengthy statement in which he clarifies in detail the reasons why he thinks the Nigerian government should walk this path without delay.

The player explained in the published document at Bitcoin Magazine that all nations will face this decision soon, but those that take advantage of the current moment proactively, as in El Salvador, will enjoy important advantages and benefits worldwide for the next generations.

Okung Shows Concern about the Global Economy

In his letter, Okung seems to be concerned about the global economic sector and laments that the fate of the Nigerian economy is in the hands of global central banks and their leaders, who do not represent the interests of the people of this country.

The player explains in the letter that, to take the step that El Salvador took, Nigeria does not need any permission or license, much less obtain a commercial agreement from any corporation. Since bitcoin is a decentralized network, all that Nigeria needs is a vision for a new future and an allocation of its national resources to go after a Bitcoin standard.

The Panthers tackler ended his letter offering his complete support to activate all available resources for Nigeria to go after a Bitcoin standard.  Okung’s letter appeared to be an interesting stance for Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, who retweeted the document and at the same time placed the Nigerian flag on his profile.

In December of last year, Okung became the first NFL player to receive his payment in bitcoin. Since then, although his team pays him in fiat, the Nigerian receives his current salary in BTC through the intermediation of Strike, a product developed by Zap. This is the company founded by Jack Mallers, the businessman who has been a key piece in El Salvador to become the first nation in the world to use bitcoin as legal tender.

El Salvador is the Biggest Example of Bitcoinization

After the Congress of El Salvador approved the law to turn the main cryptocurrency into legal tender, there has been a sudden interest from various political personalities in various countries around the globe. They express willingness to adjust the laws in their countries with the idea that cryptocurrency is part of their financial system and monetary policy.

In that sense, congressmen from Panama and Paraguay have expressed their intentions of propose bills so that their nations follow in the footsteps of El Salvador by adopting bitcoin as legal tender. In Colombia, there would be a sudden interest in the matter, since Jehudi Castro Sierra, advisor on Digital Transformation to Colombian President Iván Duque Márquez, recently contacted Jack Mallers.

By: Jenson Nuñez

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