Guinness World Records has stated that they had received over 1,500 applications from Nigerians in the past two months.
After chef Hilda Baci broke the record for the longest cooking marathon of an individual a few months ago. many Nigerians have jumped on the thread and applied for various record-breaking activities.
Some people embarked on fake record attempts which were not registered with the GWR, all with the intention to have fun or to be popular.
Things got to an interesting point where the body had to tell one social media user who was talking about breaking a record that it was enough.
After that, some people speculated that the record body would soon ban Nigerians from registering or attempting to break records.
According to reports, Guinness World Records said that since Hilda Baci’s record, there has been an increase in the number of would-be record breakers from Nigeria, with 1500 applications received.
GWR stated;
“The attention and excitement that Hilda Baci’s cooking marathon gained was certainly an incentive for many Nigerians to consider attempting a Guinness World Records title. Since her record attempt, there has been a spike in applications from Nigeria, particularly for marathon records.”
