By: Abdulkadir Sofiullahi
Rights are legal, social, or ethical principles of freedom or entitlement; that is, rights are the fundamental normative rules about what is allowed. Everyone has the right to a prompt, fair trial by jury. Every citizen of a country has the right to vote in elections for public officials.
Constitutionally, the government ought to stipulate the necessity to satisfy citizens and ensure the lives and properties of denizens are at ease as such is the responsibility of government, but the observance of human capacity has to welcome an antidote to whisper pessimism about the capability of government to meet current nation and global economic, security, demographic and environmental challenges put into practice.
However, As we understand it, active citizenship is an accumulation of knowledge, attitude, skill and action that is aimed at building and maintaining a democratic society.
Citizenship supports democratic cooperation that is based on acceptance of universal human rights and the rules of law, values diversity and includes the whole community. So many citizens of our society have led themselves to believe with their own logic. They believe that the power of their mindset will help and can solve their problems more efficiently than what the government can provide.
The basic infrastructure of a human collectivity falls into the category of the means of construction of the road, schools etal.
We are a nation bound not by race or religion but to the sharing of values of freedom, liberty and quality to the contribution that has helped preserve our legacy as a land of freedom and opportunity.
How beautiful would it be if the government can prioritize citizens by not denying the rights of every citizen to make our society worth living for all and sundry?