“You Have No Business Having Four Or Five Children”- Speed Darlington Tells Poor Nigerians
- Speed Darlington, a Nigerian singer and social commentator, shared his views on family size and financial responsibility.
- He suggested that individuals facing financial struggles should think twice about having large families.
- The singer emphasized that raising children involves considerable responsibilities.

Controversial Nigerian singer and social commentator Speed Darlington has sparked reactions online after sharing his views on family size and financial responsibility.
The outspoken entertainer argued that people who struggle financially should reconsider having large families, stressing that raising children comes with significant responsibilities.
According to Speed Darlington, being financially disadvantaged should be a major consideration when deciding how many children to have.
“Whether you’re a palm wine tapper or among the poor, you have no business having four or five children. Two is enough,” he said.
His comment has generated debate on social media, with some people agreeing that parents should consider their financial capacity before expanding their families, while others criticised the statement as overly judgmental.
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Read some comments below:
@Senator Obi:”People need to learn how to give birth to children they can train. All these people giving birth to five and six are just wicked and evil. They will born, send them out to live with people, when those people train them well, they will come back to claim them as their children whereas they didn’t impact in their lives except giving birth to them.”
@Bright Tobechukwu Okoroma:”Very wrong. Civilization dies when population declines. Not the no but thr environment and vision of the father. 2. While the rich has refused to born more to fill d gap. Let the poor do it for them. bcus d children of the poor will always rule d children of d rich.”
@Miguel:”Akpi speak plain truth for this one, person must born according to his pocket.”
@Ebube:”Some people strangle themselves with plenty children which affects them wrongly”
