{"id":84877,"date":"2023-07-18T23:37:34","date_gmt":"2023-07-18T23:37:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/07\/18\/no-one-smarter-than-a-nigerian-singer-akon\/"},"modified":"2023-07-18T23:37:34","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T23:37:34","slug":"no-one-smarter-than-a-nigerian-singer-akon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/07\/18\/no-one-smarter-than-a-nigerian-singer-akon\/","title":{"rendered":"No One Smarter Than A Nigerian \u2013 Singer Akon |"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><!-- related --><\/p>\n<p><!-- related --><\/p>\n<p>Senegalese-American singer, Akon has claimed that Nigerians are the smartest people in the world.<\/p>\n<p>Akon, while featuring on the co-hosted Drink Champs podcast anchored by N.O.R.E and Dj EFN, also said that Nigeria produces more billionaires than anywhere in the world.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis could be debatable, but the Nigerians are the smartest people on the planet. I promise you, there is nobody more smarter than a Nigerian.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He, however, did not fail to add that the country has some \u201cbad apples\u201d who portray the nation as an unfortunate haven.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf course, there is a few bad apples that came out. They [the bad apples] are extremely smart. But they put their intelligence all in wrong place.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf they were to gear that towards something more positive or productive\u2026 Because the ones that did, there\u2019s more billionaires being made in Nigeria than anywhere in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3><strong\/><\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"peace_black_text_4\">Source: vanguardngr<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"clear:both\">&#13;<\/p>\n<tr>&#13;<\/p>\n<td><span class=\"peace_red_text_1\"><\/span>: <span class=\"peace_ash_text_1\">Opinions expressed here are those of the writers and do not reflect those of .  accepts no responsibility legal or otherwise for their accuracy of content. 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