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Meet the man with the highest number of Children in the world. Guess how many?
TRACKING____80-year-old Togbui Kofi Asilenu , who lives in Amankrom village, the eastern region of Ghana
could have his record etched in the Guinness Book of records for having 100 children with 12 wives. His large family reportedly makes up about a third of the population of the 600 people in his small village.
To make up for the fact that he was an only child, Asilenu says he decided to have a large family.
“I don’t have any brother or uncle that’s why I decided to have many children so that they can give me a befitting burial when I die. In my home town if you give birth to one child, they will say you are impotent so I want to have many children.”
Asilenu is a farmer, he processes cassava into starch with the help of his wives and children for upkeep, says he intends to father even more children.
“If I get a lady today, I will marry her and have more children. As for men, even in old age, we can still father children. I’m not impotent,” Asilenu declared.
He has also lost count of the exact number of his children. When asked to do a roll call, He was unable to mention the name of all his children, he got stuck along the line in mentioning their names and the order in which they were born to him.
Mr Asilenu gave an interesting excuse that his eyes were worrying him, that was why he didn’t notice it was his own daughter and we laughed over it”
The son also suspects they are more than 100 children: “In fact we’re plenty, we’re almost 100 and something,” added.
“When I married my husband and he decided to marry more women, I didn’t have any option. He’s able to take care of us, pay the children’s school fees. They are healthy and strong, so there’s nothing wrong with that,” Nayome said.
Asilenu admits that the cost of maintaining a large polygamous household can be a drain on resources, but he adds that he now receives financial support from some of his older children.
“He helped us from infancy up to SS level before I joined the Police service, so he tried a little bit for me.”