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  DADDY: Have any law been enacted in this community to stop us from this act? If so what steps have been taken to aid our suffering?

  JANI: Daddy you know the catch phrase today is sustainable Development, arguing against it is tantamount to arguing in favors of sin.

  DADDY: Ok! What have this effects of our action been? Is this effect being monitored by law?

  JANI: Ironically, our community are much less bothered about environment than it pretend to be which left with torn forest, polluted water, gigantic holes in the ground and impoverished people living in an almighty mess. To make room for something in our life another must go.

  Though the modern age has not afforded us an immediate environment of mountains and vegetation's, we cut down trees than we can plant, blast the havens that rocks provided us with. We can get refreshed adequately in the place where our souls find harmony with the creator.

  DADDY: 'Jani' 'Jani' how does our souls find harmony with the creator? Does your action and effort connect you to God!

  JANI: (God is great) and each must answer to him so I work on joyful to know that it is a big task to ask another to save the earth from climate change, but it's a noble task to go out there yourself and plant a tree in your locality. That's achievable it can be done that's why our two major religions started it and I quote: “ The first thing God did when creating the world was establish a garden and as soon as there was dry land he began planting trees(Genesis 2:9)

  In another narration the hadith says “ If the Hour( the day of Resurrection) is about to be established and one of you was holding a palm shoot, let him take advantage of even one second before the Hour is established to plant it.”(Al-Albani).

  DADDY: Jani that means we should plant a tree even if it's our last deed.

  JANI: By God grace, plant trees under whose shade you do not expect to sit.

  “Nelson Henderson”

  DADDY: This (awesome) scratching his head with surprised at the same time hugged Jani on his arm with a statement “it shall be well with you.”And goodness and mercy shall fellow you for recognized models of usefulness in community based and environmentally intelligent processes.

  JANI: God bless you daddy.

  At this point daddy went back home with Jani and a bunch of wood for their cooking, mummy welcome them collect the wood into the kitchen. Thereafter, mummy pick some wood to make fire, while she was making fire Jani went out to the back yard and met kuka asking him if he had taking action by enrolling in school.

  Hey kuka is like you had enrolled in schooling.

  KUKA: Yes of course, I have enrolled in poetic school.

  JANI: You mean poetic school; hahaha! You are funny.

  KUKA: “Yeah, I'm making my cool cash.

  At this point kuka started show case talent in front of Jani to show how well he can rhythm out a song.

  My life remain ever within without!

  I cover myself with vision,

  Swinger heart and cantor way

  I myself to you now because I have eyes,

  Hands and no money to passion my mission.

  Oh democracy rule of law,

  Their action we wait for pacy!

  That slow our roadie vessels,

  While in my hands the seedless.

  Oh! Rust away corrupt looters,

  That carelessly waylay my position!

  To put my life in hardship.

  JANI: 'Oh; Oh; Oh'! They put your life in hardship. Don't be a bum to yourself, “your word” all very well in a geography lesson, but not in teaching poetry. Poetry is not a language lesson, you have to be drilled in the “step” of vocabulary and patterns to the language, and the best we can get from you now is average.

  KUKA: But remember any “player” can fall out of “the zone” but as long as they stay put in their domain there will surely be a comeback. I believe my gold coins would be polish in due time. But mind you! There must be no drills, no spelling test, and no “trick” vocabulary question in a poetry lesson.

  My poet is to offer us something no other writer can offer. Those who are unable to take advantage of the offer- are mainly those in whose minds poetry is associated with drudgery and mechanical learning- are the poorer for it.

  JANI: You know poetry has a real use and a real value in solving issues.

  KUKA: Yeah! But not at all. There are many values in life which are not apparent to the eye, but they are there nevertheless. With that regards my poet is not “didactic”, is to make the world share and feel what I had felt, not just to smile or laugh away.

  JANI: Well! In fact, your poet say much more than historian, but not just because you’re getting some kinder poetry lesson, don’t mean you mouth off knowing all. If so wish feel rhyming them out!

  *At this stage Kuka started rehashing with a strong voice, and Jani wink at him and left to the front yard compound and met mummy with their little child on her back inhaling smoke at the same sweating while she was cooking in the kitchen.

  JANI: (Shouted) ' mummy did you know that over 470,000 Nigeria must have died from disease contracted as a result of exposed to open fire smoke between 2011 and 2016.

  MUMMY: This is worrisome, how did you get to know about? When have you done a research to know this statistic of people infected? You know most statistic aren't static!

  JANI: Yes of course! But casting it against the intricacies of statistic, you will agree with me that women are more vulnerable to open smoke. Moreover, it wasn't my research, it was reported by World Health Organization (WHO) on Saturday punch 26 November 2016- page-06.

  MUMMY: ‘Jani, Jani' where is the paper?

  JANI: Mummy look at it, I'm not alters the pages to fit the result.

  MUMMY: Who give you this?

  JANI: I bought it for my personal consumption;

  MUMMY: You mean your personal consumption?

  JANI: Yes mummy!

  MUMMY: (Read) Over 470,000 Nigerians are believed to have died from firewood smoke-induced ailments in the past five years. The world Health organization recently said, smoke from open fire is Nigerians third biggest killer with over 95,000 dead annually behind malaria and HIV/AIDS.

  Majority of the people affected are women, who often stay close to them in the kitchen. Also ,the Global burden of Disease 2010 study, reported that four million people die prematurely every year from illness linked directly and indirectly to indoor air pollution due to the use of solid fuel and virtually all of them are in poor developing countries like ours.

  Mummy (continue) Jani you see, this research shows that we are from poor developing countries we are poor that we can't even afford natural cooking stove nor buying biofuel gas and you telling me to stop using firewood for our meal, how possible is it? Moreover, I did not refute W.H.O claim but I do know a lot of women are passing through this suffering including me.

  JANI: According to meadow et al (1992), in Beyond the limits, with every breathe we inhale, a part of the environment becomes a part of us. When we exhale, a part of us becomes a part of the environment.

  MUMMY: That means there is an intimate connection between the air we breathe and our lungs, and therefore our human health.

  JANI: As human, we are connected to all the system cycle- water, carbon, nitrogen, oxygen etc.

  MUMMY: You mean thinking of our connection to the environment in systemic teams is important.

  JANI: Perfectly well! Interfering with, disrupting, any part of the environment will seriously affect the functioning of the whole system.

  MUMMY: Hmmm! But Source of energy alternative are kinder to the environmental impact in our society.

  JANI: Mummy! I don’t think we are poor to that level. By the way I think is a long-held misconception about us for energy alternative. I just believe some things are not put in proper perception.

  But I still believe our government are working hard to sign a deal with the foreign partners and they are working hard to provide clean and affordable energy for alternatives use.

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nbsp; MUMMY: 'Hmmm' government, your government. Do they adopt the UN convention on the elimination of all forms of Discrimination against us?

  JANI: I think our country is signatory to CEDOW convention, but we still have to lobby to domesticate other process into concurrent principles

  MUMMY: But! Are you sure your state representatives is aware of those Articles behind the convention and adhere to such principles as well?

  JANI: But more are struggling with the practical needs and strategic interest for other concepts that will aid in several investigation. I was told section 42 of our constitution has taken cares of all forms of discrimination against us.

  MUMMY: Yeah! I do know section 42 prohibits discrimination on the basis of gender, but this has not stopped society from subjecting us to all forms of oppression.

  JANI: Hm!

  MUMMY: But your government has not yet adopt the UN agreement on climate change cop 21 of France, 2015?

  JANI: We have been told that one other African government leader had promise the first African sovereign Green Bond to finance renewable energy projects within the hinterland, and they had been working round the clock solicit funds from numbers of organization for its implementation and other climate action, proving it will create millions of job.

  MUMMY: Are you sure is not a profit -oriented for the politicians or have they identified the central questions to the development of such project?

  JANI: I think the policy scientist will identify the critical issues to help analyses what wider policies may impact on the citizens and strategies the results areas. I believe possible tools for creating any policy framework matrix may be at their finger tips for effective co-ordination.

  MUMMY: We have to impose conditions on what we can see happening here and now, on to what might happen somewhere else in the indefinite future to ensure effective implementation.

  JANI: There’s been very little argument about what should be done, but it will make a perfect sense if all stakeholders views their opinion in decision process to reflect and influence public attitudes towards the monitoring and evaluation.

  MUMMY: I believe for now, it’s not a question of blame and guilt, but of power and resource access institutional means to command attention.

  JANI: Mummy I know’ we had been struggling for years brutal repression on how to get us off the environmental hook, may be for now we have got it right!

  MUMMY: Jani you see ‘it might stand a chance if we are not part of the design, monitoring, and assessment of performance indicators for the promise greater material prosperity all around us.

  JANI: Mummy! We can’t be part of all the selection indicators, but I believe we can serves as external assessment to reduce possible bias within all project.

  MUMMY: Common ‘keep silence! You felt to reflect back and recognize the intensity that triggered us to search for solutions for our situations! Imagine the so called National Anthem, National Pledge, Flag, but other thing has remained the same. I don’t think it’s only a wizard that can make the alliance with their functional code.

  At this stage Jani (shock) tears rolling down on her face and then she sat on a lonely place with a reflection of hardship in her mind. Thereafter a voice floated with a response on her reflection.

  JANI: Oh hardship 'hardship in the land!

  None know when you start.

  Nor no how you came,

  We all see how you cripple!

  Crippling by sprain the mind in alarming way.

  Man prig hope to a lay man, it shall be well!

  What than a lay man see? Hope in disguise.

  Responsible by how?

  A VOICE: failure arrangement of physical capital.

  JANI: when would whammy live man?

  A VOICE: While the policy and practice process reveal a wide range of alternatives and options.

  JANI: At what time shall they apply alternatives and options?

  A VOICE: When conducting analysis of strategies livelihood.

  JANI: But, the household may therefore not be the most appropriate unit of analysis?

  A VOICE: ‘Unpacking’ what goes on within the household is key step.

  JANI: Oh! Hardship 'hardship in the land.

  I know not when you start,

  I know not when you came.

  I know not how you came,

  But the time I came to know I saw you

  Near in between my soul.

  I became sympathize to life.

  Oh hardship' hardship in the land'.

  Please far from us

  And we express hope that project will be sustainable

  After they must put in place in time frame.

  A VOICE: All over the world,

  People feel happier and better,

  When the can see some development put in place at time due.

  JANI: I strongly believe,

  Our participation will ensure confrontation of demand, monitor the project done as promise.

  A VOICE: All effort shall be achieve through sustainable justice.

  JANI: 'Justice'

  You mean when breaches occur,

  The perpetrators must somehow be brought to justice,

  And they will no longer enjoy impunity.

  A VOICE: By God grace!

  At this point mummy hugged Jani with a poetic chat and a smiling face.

  MUMMY: Oh! Jani 'long centuries have come and gone!

  Suffering neglect through unjustly scourge

  With ride upon unjustly scourge.

  Not to wonder more than we see.

  After some years,

  Problem have trivialized and solution is brushed aside.

  But yet you build it, just the same.

  For hope you put in repressed desire,

  Now we shall change as other do.

  Oh! Jani 'oh Jani' as long as we stay put in our domain

  ‘Hope come alive’.

  Oh! Jani 'we thank you profusely.

  JANI: Thanks belong to God!

  That we galore the price together.

  In respect of our social relations.

  Every time we see the anger,

  We deliberately marked it to be protected.

  We gather social information

  About policy and investment

  That have a direct impact to ourselves.

  In respect of our social.

  We unleashing the very thing

  That would end up injustice.

  We stimulate the dialogue between stakeholders.

  We champion new vision that can galvanized people

  Everywhere to achieve higher levels of co-operation in areas

  Of common concern and shared destiny.

  We foster innovative ideas towards addressing some of the

  Prevailing issues around the world.

  We trapped our template locally and think globally.

  We chant our voices for fair and inclusive.

  We conduct our campaign without fair of our life,

  Despite the Publicity we have generated.

  Thanks to the way we organized of rethinking new

  Strategies of doing things.

  Daddy closing chat Remark.

  Oh my dear Jani!

  Greenhouse effect has been cause by me,

  But yet you brought out the picture for other to see.

  Oh my dear Jani.

  You remind me Leviticus (19:23) which says:

  Upon entering the land of Israel we shall plant trees.

  Oh my dear Jani.

  You quoted hadith musnad which says:

  “Whoever plant a tree and diligently looks

  After it until it mature and bears fruit is rewarded,”

  Oh my dear Jani!

  Through your allied to 'justice'

  Mindless beast to dubious

  Creature be punished and virtue rewarded.

  Oh my dear Jani.

  Through your indemnity I shall respect our ecology,

  And environmental
sanctity will be my watchdog,

  To plant apple over our head,

  And make clean air and breeze to laugh.

  Kuka closing chat Remark.

  Oh Sister Jani!

  Your effort is appreciated,

  That piece me up in sharpen my vision,

  To do what I know best with my willpower.

  Oh Sister Jani.

  We appreciate your doggedness,

  To come out from our cocoon of wilderness,

  With a reinventing ability.

  Oh Sister Jani.

  We appreciate your enduring intelligence

  Not to settle our dreams in the sand of regrets.

  Oh Sister Jani.

  Your Simulation would become incalculable,

  In shaping the young people to pays off,

  In enhancing any response

  To new related issues in their localities.

  Oh Sister Jani.

  Haba! You are too much,

  To open it and keep it sharp,

  For all practical purposes,

  We like your conceivable Scenario,

  In thought of the genius of the age.

  Ahmed Shuaib Shaktima

  JANI WITH MUMMY AND HER SIBLINGS

  The Imagery!

  Walking round the bushes

  Wrangle on the land’

  Filled with Dismay

  Appalling for them to see

  Why should my lips so appealing?

  For effort to end fruitfully.

  ‘CRITIQUE OF IMPERATIVE code’

  SCENE FIVE:

  Risk taking: (individual's capacityto understand the key factors in risk taking, learn from the experiences of others and apply objectivity and subjectivity in risk situation)

  JANI, WOMAN ELITE AND VAMPIRE ROBBER.

  Jani met the community woman elite to know the substantial progress of democracy and how she will fit into political participation as a public flora to strengthening responsive in all legislative chambers of her country.

  JANI: Good morning ma. Is nice meeting you? My name is jani from majigi village. I come to enquire from you as the expert in political arena, how would you analyze the true state of a so- called democracy?