Popular Participation II

Civic Education S.S.S 3 First Term

WEEK 2

Popular Participation II

Performance Objectives

Student should be able to:

Explain the need for popular participation

Content

1. Need for popular participation in the society

Need for Popular Participation in the Society

Some of the needs for popular participation in

civil society can be cited as follows:

1. Growth of democracy

Popular participation of people enhances democracy to grow. By gaining popular and full support of the entire society, democracy will grow.

2. Citizens platform to act and manage their own affairs

Popular participation is the only medium through which citizens can act and manage their own affairs ( the state).

3. Growth of government's policy

Popular participation in the medium of securing responsiveness of government policy and ensuring that the delivery of public services meets the need of the population, especially at the local level.

4. Independent and pluralistic media

Popular participation gives rise to mass media, voluntary networks, citizens affairs and public policy and through the mass media, the people's needs and interests quickly reach the government. This gives rise to independent and pluralistic media like AIT. TVC, ITV, LTV, Ray power, etc.

5. Growth of democratic institutions

Popular participation enhances the growth of democratic institutions like political parties, pressure groups, etc, which depends on the people to grow.

6. Poverty alleviation

Through popular participation, the needs of the people from grassroots are presented to the government like poor electricity supply, lack of roads, unemployment, etc. Thereby government will know the level of poverty confronting the citizens through the medium and how to alleviate or sołve them.