JSS1 Civic Education Lesson Note on Types of Obligation and Rights of the Citizens

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TOPIC: RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF CITIZENS

CONTENT:

1. Importance of citizens’ rights and duties.
2. Types of Obligations and rights of the citizens

Sub – Topic 1: Importance of citizens’ rights and duties.

1. SOCIAL CONTROL: Rights and duties will serve as a guide to human conduct and relationship in the society. Therefore, limits to rights and duties will enable citizens to control themselves in the society.
2. PEACE: Rights, when they are respected will help to guarantee peace in the society and therefore help to ensure political stability in the society.
3. DUE PROCESS: The rules and laws are for due process, which will be ensured when citizens perform their rights and duties to the state
4. DISCIPLINE: When people obey the law, there will be discipline in the society. This will guarantee an orderly society.

Sub-Topic 2: TYPES OBLIGATIONS AND RIGHTS OF CITIZENS

TYPES OF OBLIGATIONS OF CITIZENS:

• FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS: Citizens are expected to pay their taxes to the state. This is to enable the government to provide essential services to the people such as pipe bone water, electricity, good road etc. Failure to perform this obligation may lead to penalty by the state.
• ECONOMIC OBLIGATIONS: Every Citizen Should respect and protect public properties Examples of public properties that should be protected by the citizens are : oil pipe line, Public buildings Railway, power installation etc.
• CIVIC OBLIGATIONS: Civic obligation is the responsibility of the citizen in maintaining law and order. The failure to observe this will lead to break down of law and order which is also known as anarchy.
• POLITICAL OBLIGATION: This is act of voting during election. Failure to perform this duty will bring a wrong and bad government to power that will not satisfy the wishes of the people.

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