2. The Respondent should pay N20,000 (Twenty Thousand Naira) per quarter for the maintenance of the Petitioner such payment is to cease in the event that she remarries. The annual rent of N130,000.00 (One Hundred and Twenty Thousand Naira) paid by the Petitioner must be jointly borne by the two parties. The Respondent shall be liable to pay the sum of N65,000.00 (Sixty five Thousand Naira) per annum towards the Petitioner's house rent provided she remains unmarried to another man." The Appellant dissatisfied with the award of maintenance cost against him appealed to this Court. On 26/1/2010 pursuant to an application dated 4/11/08 and filed 5/11/08, this Court granted the Appellant leave to determine this Appeal on the strength of the Appellant/Applicant's brief of Argument, the Respondent having failed to file her Brief of Argument. The Notice of Appeal dated 26/11/08 and filed on 27/3/2008 contained two Grounds of Appeal from which one issue is distilled for the determination of this Appeal. The lone issue reads as follows :"Whether in the circumstance of this case and the evidence adduced at the trial, the learned trial Judge was right to award maintenance cost for both the child and the Respondent against him." Learned Counsel for the Appellant Adekola Mustapha referred the Court to the Provisions of Section 70 of the Matrimonial Causes Act Cap 220 Laws of the Federation, 1990. He submitted that the power of the Court to make an Order with respect to the maintenance of the children of the marriage shall not be exercised for the benefit