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TYPES AND IMPORTANCE OF RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF CITIZENS
CONTENT- Importance of Citizens’ Rights and Duties
- Types of Obligations and Rights of the Citizens
Importance of Citizens’ Rights and Duties
(i) 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. (ii) Peace: Rights, when they are respected will help to guarantee peace in the society and therefore help to ensure political stability in the society. (iii) Due Process: The rules and laws are for due process, which will be ensured when citizens perform their rights and duties to the state (iv) Discipline: When people obey the law, there will be discipline in the society. This will guarantee an orderly society.Types of Obligations and Rights of the Citizens
Types of Obligations of Citizens
(i) 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.You are viewing an excerpt of this lesson. Subscribing to the subject will give you access to the following:
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Ezimeruwe Oghenekaro
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JOSEPH MYAPURGI FYEMTAPWA
FUNMILOLA ATERE