Popular Nollywood actor, Jim Iyke, has made a daring claim that a single mother cannot raise a male child properly.

The movie star made this claim while speaking during a recent interview with Okay 101.7 FM, Accra, Ghana. He stated that women are not built to raise men.

Explaining why a single mother cannot raise a man properly, he stressed that there has to be a male influence; he suggested that single mothers nurture their child with either the presence of their brother, or father in order to cover up for the lack of male presence.

He 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."