When he was a young boy, Yunusa Sani, 27, just wanted to finish school, get a good job, buy a house, and drive a flashy car. At no time did it occur to him that he would take up a career that involves educating the public about the adverse effects of climate on the lives of common people.
Mr Sani, a trained teacher with a National Certificate of Education, does not own a flashy car yet, but he resolved to travel across northern Nigeria on his bicycle to teach local people about climate change. He said his resolve is tapped from the devastating effect of climate change in his village.
“It’s (climate change) very worse in my village in Ingawa (Katsina). It’s obvious but unfortunately, most people don’t know what it’s. Our land has become very unproductive and the number of rainfall days per year has reduced,” he said.
It goes beyond that. He bemoaned the intense heat and how food production in northern Nigeria is being impacted.
With his bicycle, Mr Sani has now…
