 the social economic rites, and accountability project practitioner has gone to court to seek an order of mandamus to direct and compel the senneth presentation God's will There are budgeted for 465 SUVs and bullet-proof cars for their members. Sarah Pupu joined us this morning to throw more light on this, on the breakfast. They say it takes two to tango. This is even more so when it comes to making babies. But a situation where single mothers are made to carry the burden alone has become worrisome, especially as it seems there are no specific laws to address this. So this morning we'll be looking at the need of mandating fathers to provide child support. We'll also be having off the press where we'll take a look at the major headlines that made it to the front pages of some national dealings. This morning our analyst is ready to tear them apart as always. Good morning and welcome to the breakfast. I am Maureen Menonwiesi. I am Nyamgul Agadji. We sincerely apologise for beginning a little bit late but we do hope that you're still going to have a wonderful time being with us this morning. Well, this morning promises to be very, very interesting and we're talking about some things that you might be able to relate with, some that you might want to hear. Like we're talking about what is happening in the National Assembly and the challenge they are getting and also what happens at the family front where some people just abandon their children because of a divorce, because of whatever the reason is but some people become single mothers and then not only are they single mothers but they are made to take the entire burden of raising these children. So no matter how good the person might be, how comfortable the woman might be, whoever is also responsible for the children should contribute in some way to the raising of these children. Yes, child abandonment is a major thing in the world today but even worse so in Nigeria because we know what happens in some of the climes where child support is taken seriously by the government so the father in the picture is made to take responsibility and pay certain some mandatory to the woman for the upkeep of the children but here in Nigeria it's not the case, it's not the case the men, a lot of men abandon their children and leave everything to the woman to just cater to the needs of the poor children and so because in this part of the world they believe that at the end of the day the children will always look for their father so they just roam around and at the end of the day children actually do look for their fathers right but then what does that say about you as a man no matter what you are no matter how successful you claim to be if you are an irresponsible father if you failed in the home front you are a total failure where else the Bible says you are worse than any infidel you cannot provide for your family no matter what the reason for the separation might be whether it was bitter or whether it was sweet whether it was mutually agreed upon the children had no say in it as it is for them to suffer what was the problem between you and the woman it doesn't make real sense to me but anyway when we are looking at this thing we will be looking at both ways though because when we say some fathers are not responsible we should also know that some mothers are not responsible so whoever contributed to making a baby should also contribute to sustaining that baby yes even though today we are taking a look at specifically and getting the fathers to support the children financially getting them to support the children financially because we know the rates are higher if you want to compare single mothers to single fathers the rates are higher you find more single mothers than you would find single fathers and then of course we also know that men are usually more economically sound in most cases than women I haven't said anything because sometimes you find a situation where the women had to give up their careers to just stay home for some time make the babies for both of them unfortunately the marriage fails so she has to start all over to build her life and also then double up and act as both mother and father so it's a very dire situation for the mothers involved so it's a very serious matter that we are going to be taking a look at today and hopefully the government in the country I'm not talking about federal now government across states across the country would take up this battle and make sure because if the family fails the society fails and we're seeing so many ills in our societies today and if you look critically you may not be so far-fetched from the homes where the homes are failing so much these days the rate of divorce cases on the increase and you wonder how did our parents do it how did they manage to hold it together well that would be a matter for another day but today let's just look at what the top trending is you might want to take the first one yes Kano revokes license of all private schools in the states the government says certificates of all private schools operating in the state have been revoked with immediate effect and special advisor to the governor on private and voluntary institutions Baba Abubaka Umar announced the decision at a meeting with the proprietors of the private schools Umar said all the schools are expected to collect new registration forms to fill for new certificates to be issued he said the move was part of the state government's comments towards commitment towards sanitizing the operations of private schools and to ensure adherence to established laws and guidelines he charged the proprietors to pay their 10% tax to the government and as it went due for the progress of the sector adding that he's returned to the position of managing the private schools should not spark fears saying he's not out to victimize anyone and speaking on behalf of the proprietors the chairman national association of private school owners Karnosti chapter Mohammed Malam Adamu described the move as fantastic and commendable as it will further boost the education sector in the state what are they going to do when the people come back to re-register that they cannot do when they are still there and sanitize the whole thing why wouldn't they just say they want to make more revenue because that's what I'm thinking about if there is anyone that is not complying with whatever laid down rules they are close it down and let others be or give them time and say after XYZ time we're going to close you down if you don't comply with this but you have to take all their certificates and then they will re-register yeah so it tells you something else okay the second one is that the IG that's the inspector general of police is to establish a special intervention squad he's acting inspector general of police anyway he has not been confirmed yet and he has announced plans to establish a special intervention squad to deal with security threats in the country he disclosed this when he let the police force management team on a curtsy call to governor Abad Yusuf of Kano state on Saturday at government house he saw the support from the Kano state government in order to drive this process to succeed because he said Kano is one of the pilot states and Abad Yusuf said that the need for the new squad could not be overemphasized as its success would depend on the cooperation and support the police got from the Kano state government okay so now he's calling it a special intervention squad and I don't know is there anything in the name because will it be different from the SARS that brought the problems of N SARS whenever there is a special intervention squad it is the same orientation they give to them you are special you need to do this yes they do the work but sometimes they overstep and that's why we had extrajudicial killings that's why we had unlawful detentions that's why we had what some people felt was witch hunt and all that and then you are just young you have braided hair or you have a tattoo you are being arrested and all those kind of things so what much difference will this special intervention squad have from the SARS that people cried about I guess one can just but only hope that they've learnt from the SARS story and experiences and all that came out from the shortcomings from that squad and that they will reorientate these set of special squads to do better having experienced the SARS tragedy I mean police should be police there are the people who should be trained who are trained supposedly to be able to relate with the civilian population so they should have better social skills they should have better intelligence gathering and all that so that they stop harassing people because that was the bone of contention you don't see me they say you can't judge a book from its cover you just see me how I look and I fit the profile that you think I should fit and then you start to harass me special intervention squads are good but let them stop overstepping if that can be done even if they want to have ten of them I am for it but they have special rapid response squad they have someone other squads what is special about the special squad that others cannot do we are not the police we just need them to be our friend as we have been told that they are or you are watching the breakfast we will be back to give you off the press stay with us