A Methodist Church Elder has urged members of the church’s Men’s Fellowship to consider marrying early rather than delaying marriage.
He also advised men to have their children within shorter age gaps.
According to the Methodist Church elder, early marriage enables men to fulfil their parental responsibilities earlier in life instead of spending their old age raising young children.
Speaking to Church members, the Methodist Church elder stated, “Get married early and have your children very early. It is very beautiful when you are growing, and your children are almost the same height as you. It is so beautiful.
You don’t also use your pension pay, and then your child is at KG or class one by the time you die, your child has not attained anything, so change your mind.
By 30, you are married, and if you want to have children, have it quick”, he added.
Some Ghanaians reacting to the video shared by SIKAOFFICIAL regarding the Methodist Church elder wrote, “Who’s going to take care of them if I’m young and not working? What is the sense of giving birth and you’re not working?”.
One X user added, “The giving birth de3 it’s nice. I personally find kids to be cute but chale, having them is a whole investment on its own o.
Just wait, even if it will take 10 years for you to be financially stable before you try bringing a child into this earth.
Because it doesn’t make any sense to bring a child you can’t cater for into this world”.
Another netizen added, “We self dey want want am so but our economy no dey gree give we. Charley, u spend years in school and after, there’s no employment. Now you’re looking to acquire a skill, which u cannot balance with having a wife and kids. And the women now have some gargantuan appetites”.
An X user added, “Looking at the unemployment rate in Ghana, how is one going to afford to get married, and even after marriage, how is the person going to take care of their families …
Secondly, you get married and give birth in this era and later realise that the child is not even yours.. Charley let me enjoy my single life in peace”.
“The churches are a problem in this country, and if they don’t stop these behaviours, men won’t even marry again. People are afraid when it comes to calling the churches out, but not me”, a netizen added.
An X user added, “Do not listen to this man if you are financially stable and have a good job. You will regret getting married and giving birth. Secure your future and the future of that unborn child first”.
One last X user quizzed, “If a man is still struggling to feed himself, is it fair to bring kids into that? Shouldn’t the focus be on building the capacity to actually fulfil those parental responsibilities first, even if it means waiting a few years?”.
Watch the video below:
“Get married early and have your children very early. It is very beautiful when you are growing and your children are almost the same height as you.”
— SIKAOFFICIAL🦍 (@SIKAOFFICIAL1) May 15, 2026
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