Do you know how great Nigeria is?

Many Nigerians look up to foreigners, especially Westerners,

to set standards for them.

This habit makes many of us think that the average Westerner is in some way better than us.

Not true. Not true at all.

All over the world, Nigerians are setting the pace and are becoming the standard by which others measure themselves. This is very factual.

For instance, in the US, Nigerians are the most educated of any immigrant community. Now I did not say one of the most educated. I said the most educated bar none.

This means there is no sub sect of the US population that is more educated than Nigerians according to official data from the United States Census Bureau.

Sixty per cent of Nigerians in the US have college degrees. This is far above the American national average of 30%.

Not only are Nigerians the most educated immigrant community in the United States, Nigerians are also one of the highest earning immigrant community in America.

Nigerians in the US typically earn at least 25% more than the US median income of $53,000.

And this story is replicated all over Europe and North America.

In Ivy League schools all over Europe and North America, Nigerians routinely outperform their peers from other nations.

Just recently, I was reading about the Imafidon family of the United Kingdom. This family of Nigerian immigrants have officially been named the smartest family in the UK.

All five of their children have broken national education records in the UK. At 13, Anne-Marie Imafidon was the youngest person to pass the U.K.’s A-level computing exam and she attended John Hopkins University in Baltimore and got her masters degree from Oxford University, all before she turned 20 years old.

Her twin siblings Peter and Paula became the youngest persons to ever pass the University of Cambridge’s advanced mathematics exam.

The designer of the famous car, the Chevrolet Volt, Jelani Aliyu, is a super talented Nigerian from Sokoto State. Because of him, I bought two volts for my sons!