The @redfishpillar project and I have been pleased to celebrate three wonderful Steemians , @olegw, @steve1122 and  @sweetestglo-eu in the past. The purpose of doing this is to showcase the contribution of those in the redfish category to the steemit community for greater recognition. Moreover, another goal of the @redfishpillar project is to celebrate the achievement of newbies still in this category. 

About 3 months ago, a smart young man joined the steemit community full of people with incredible talents.This young African man is in the academia contributing to knowledge in his field of study, nanomaterials (Material Chemistry).  Today is his birthday and the @redfishpillar project and I have chosen to celebrate him on this special day when he is a year older. The man who we are celebrating today is no other than @turpsy .

Who Is Elijah, @turpsy?

Elijah, @turpsy is in the academia and a doctoral research Material Chemist. As a doctoral research student myself, what impressed me when I first met @turpsy is the fact that with his colleagues, he has authored 10 scientific articles as shown in his profile in researchgate.net . That sets him on the path of becoming an academic professor pretty soon and I'm very proud of him. In the academia, we use the slogan '' publish or perish''. A university teacher/tutor/lecturer is known and assessed by the number of academic research articles that he has authored. 

What Value Is @turpsy Adding To Steemit?

Something that is very about @turpsy and commendable is that he adds a touch of  culture (language) to his posts. I have seen some of his posts where he was communicating in Korean and Mexican languages. Elijah is from the Yoruba race in Nigeria. The Yoruba language, spoken widely by the Yoruba tribe,  is a major language in Nigeria, alongside Hausa and Igbo.  English, of course, is the official language. The catch here is that Yoruba language is the spoken by 40 million Nigerians in Nigeria, which is about 20% of the Nigerian population. This implies that whenever @turpsy translates his posts in steemit to Yoruba, he is addressing 40 million (20%) Nigerians.  That is massive!  Three of his posts that have caught my interest are

• https://steemit.com/howto/@turpsy/how-to-convert-your-sbd-to-nigerian-currency-naira-yoruba-language-translation-included
• https://steemit.com/cervantes/@turpsy/steem-backed-dollars-sbd-to-mexican-pesos-fiat-guia-para-extranjeros-en-mexico
• https://steemit.com/redfishpillar/@turpsy/opportunity-of-attending-steemit-in-nigeria-conference

Here, I include a video of him 

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Happy Birthday to @turpsy!!!

Today is @turpsy's birthday. Yippee!!! 

   This lovely birthday card was designed by @royalfinest

A virtual birthday cake for you

                              

Support @turpsy

I call upon the whole steemit community from redfish to whales to support Elijah, in every way you can, to grow and fulfill his dreams in steemit. Thank you all in anticipation for your support. 

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If you like @turpsy and the value he is adding to steemit, then reblog/resteem and upvote this post . Whatever liquid SBDs this post generates, by the 7th day after payout, will be sent to @turpsy to encourage him. 

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Thanks for taking time to read, watch and celebrate a dear brother!