The ‘Mama Africa’ crooner made the claim while participating in the Drink Champs podcast, which N.O.R.E and DJ EFN co-host.
The 50 years old singer asserted that Nigeria produces more billionaires than any other country in the world.
Akon acknowledged that a few “bad apples” are damaging the country’s reputation, though.
In his words ;
“This could be debatable, but the Nigerians are the smartest people on the planet. I promise you, there is nobody more 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 all in 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.”
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