Jim Iyke, a Nigerian Nollywood actor, has asserted that a child cannot be brought up to be a “proper man” by a single mother.
He maintained that a woman cannot effectively raise a man without the help of a male figure. In a recent interview with Okay 101.7 FM in Accra, Ghana, Iyke made the assertion.
Jim Iyke said, “A woman can’t raise a man. You can’t, you’re not built for it. A single mother cannot raise a man properly. You need a male influence – go get your brother that’s doing well or your father or even any man that you trust. There has to be a male presence in it [raising a boy child].
“Because women are naturally built to nurture, to love. And then what you’re going to raise is a very weak man? He is going to be everything like the men that left you. You need somebody that would discipline him, tell him ‘No’ as often times as possible, and put him in the grind”
