A 36-year-old carpenter, identified as Nura Walwala Magaji, who resides in Bauchi State has proudly said he is blessed with 13 lovely kids. Mr Nura Walwala is blessed with 10 boys and 3 girls. He also added that he hopes to have more as his childhood dream is to father at least 40 children.
The 36-year-old Magaji, whose 4 lovely wives gave birth within a space of three weeks, said taking care of them will not be his problem because it’s Allah who takes care of children.
In his word, he said, “Babies are a gift from Allah and I am happy that my four wives gave birth to three bouncing boys and a girl within just three weeks.
Polygamy runs in my blood. In fact, we inherited it from both our maternal and paternal grandparents. My mother’s father married four wives, likewise my dad’s father. Yes, it might sound funny but I am so proud of this achievement. Growing up as a child, I used to pray to Allah to bless me with 40 children and people laughed at me.
You know everybody has their idealogy and you cannot force a particular ideology on someone. Having said this, bearing family responsibility is not solely in our hands as husbands, rather, it is in the hands of our Creator. Look, Allah commanded us to start by marrying two wives, then proceed to three wives, then four wives and He said if you cannot be just among them, go for one wife.
It is wrong for an individual to subscribe to the idea of family planning because of fear of poverty. It is rather better to space between one child and another to give both the mother and the baby required care and attention before bringing another one. I have 13 children now; 10 boys and three girls.
Nine out of the 13 children are enrolled in formal schools and just as you can see, an Alaramma is around teaching them how to memorise Qur’an.”
