Nigerians drag Singer Akon after video of him saying he was happier when he was poor resurfaces on-line

Fashionable singer, Aliaume Damala Badara Akon Thiam, higher often known as  Akon has come underneath backlash for his ideas on poverty.

The  Senegalese had stated he was a lot happier when he was poor as a result of life is more durable for the wealthy than the poor.

He stated: ‘No one can inform me I didn’t undergo poverty. I used to be that African younger child taking part in soccer with no electrical energy no operating water. I knew what tat felt like. I do know what poverty seems to be like however I additionally know what success seems to be like and from my private expertise, Ii am having extra issues efficiently than all that comes with success I has once I was poor. I used to be truly happier once I was poor however that’s my private expertise.’

Offended Nigerians who haven’t had a style of wealth appear to disagree with the singer’s opinion.

Listed here are some individuals’s reactions

Officialqueenesty wrote: Onye kwuru that factor?🙄 please sir with all due respect will your property to me.

Yanjusofine wrote: Sir please be quiet

Davidoofficial wrote: Baba dun excessive end earlier than he make this assertion 🥲🥲😩 it’s nicely

Slimkaffy wrote: Is that this taking part in? 😂 Tadaaaa

Cinnysbeautyempire wrote: Cash is impartial, na pipu mindset and motion dey make the judgement go into cash. Mr Akon sir, ship me some cash I wan test one thing.

Akon spends 6 billion {dollars} on his Senegal homeland metropolis

In 2020, Akon revealed his plans on constructing a sprawling $6 billion metropolis in his Senegal homeland to welcome Africans of the diaspora to their “residence again residence”.

Based on the R&B star who boasts two multi-platinum albums, he had laid the primary stone for town within the Atlantic Ocean village of Mbodiene round 100 kilometres (60 miles) south of the Senegalese capital Dakar.

As he was rising up within the US state of New Jersey, the place his household moved when he was seven, Akon “bumped into loads of African-Individuals that didn’t actually perceive their tradition,” the 47-year-old stated.

“So I needed to construct a metropolis or a undertaking like this that can give them the motivation to know that there’s a residence again residence,” he stated, including that he had acquired the blessing and recommendation of Mbodiene’s elders.

Akon Metropolis will supply inns, a college, hospitals, enterprise and leisure centres together with a on line casino, in addition to film studios, all that includes futuristic designs by architect Hussein Bakri, with African sculptures for inspiration.

Akon additionally revealed that “Wakanda”, the fictional comedian metropolis additionally impressed him.

He stated the undertaking would price an total $6 billion however wouldn’t title the principal traders due to confidentiality clauses.