The result from the face-off between the Nigerian challenger and the British man is out, and it has got many talking.
Recall that a Nigerian man based in the UK called Ifedayo Johnson challenged a British native to an English proficiency test to disprove the widely spread beliefs that Nigerians barely speak English.
The challenge was held this past weekend, and the results have come out, with the British man scoring 83 over the Nigerian man’s 79, winning the challenge.
Despite his loss, Ifedayo has refused to back down on his claims and “boasting”, blaming his defeat on the nature of the quiz.
He argued that while they had agreed to take the test in four of the Basic Language skills, they were only able to take two, and those two favoured native English speakers.
He wrote:
“Again, I stand by my statement
Nigerians do not barely speak English and that has been proven.
I hate to explain as I ike how everyone is running their narratives. I enjoy it so much and it’s expected.
The challenge was to have the test done in the 4 Basic Language Skills but we couldn’t come to terms on that and only did 2. Meanwhile, those were the strong forte of native speaker of any language.
Let me repeat, Nigerians speak English and they do so very well.
Yes, I boasted and I’m still boasting. If you have a problem at boasting about what you know you’re good at, that’s a YOU problem.”
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