Senegalese-American singer and entrepreneur, Aliaune Damala Bouga Thiam popularly known as Akon has called Nigerians the smartest people on the earth.
The ‘Ghetto’ crooner who made the assertion in an appearance on the Drink Champs podcast co-hosted by N.O.R.E and DJ EFN added that more billionaires are being made in Nigeria than anywhere else.
Akon who acknowledged that his words are debatable also admitted that there are a few “bad apples” among the nation’s citizens who use their intelligence wrongly to portray the nation as an unfortunate haven.
“This could be debatable, but the Nigerians are the smartest people on the planet. I promise you, there is nobody smarter than a Nigerian. Of course, there is a few bad apples that came out.
“They [the bad apples] are extremely smart. But they put their intelligence in the wrong place.”
“If they were to gear that towards something more positive or productive… Because the ones that did, there’s more billionaires being made in Nigeria than anywhere in the world”, he said.
