The document focuses on civic responsibility, emphasizing the need for citizens to recognize their duties in nation-building rather than solely relying on the government. It outlines both compulsory and voluntary civic responsibilities, such as voting and community service, while encouraging active participation in political and social issues. Ultimately, it calls for individuals to take initiative in creating a better environment for themselves and their communities.

1. Civic Responsibilities
Fola Daniel Adelesi
www.foladaniel.com

2. Objective
• The subject of civic responsibility
aims at educating the citizens on
their own duties. Most citizens are
quick to push responsibilities to the
government and not see their own
role.
• It is expected that you will start
taking responsibility and play your
part in nation building.

3. What is Civic Responsibility?
• It is the encouragement of the
general public to become
involved in the political process
and the issues that affect them
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4. What is Civic Responsibility?
• It is the community coming together
to be a collective source of change,
political and non-political
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5. What is Civic Responsibility?
• Civic engagement can also be
summarized as a means of working
together to make a difference in the
civil life of our communities and
developing the combination of skills,
knowledge, values, and motivation in
order to make that difference

6. My thought
• I think that ultimately, civic
responsibility will be summed up as
your cooperation with the
government and the people around
you in other to create a better
environment for yourself and others
- Fola Daniel Adelesi

7. Examples of Civic Responsibilities
• Voting
• Political & other informative campaigns
• Serving
• Signing a petition
• Filing and paying taxes
• Community Service
• Picking up litter or not littering the street
• Being respectful towards others
• Watching out for others
• Combined security efforts
• Helping others

8. Our Categories of responsibilities
• Compulsory – There are some Civic
Responsibilities that have been
made compulsory by the law and
this varies from one country to
another.
• Voluntary – We also have Civic
Responsibilities that are not
necessarily in the law but is
expected of every citizen or resident
of an area.

9. Compulsory Civic responsibilities
• Obey the laws of the land
• Pay Taxes
• Voting is compulsory in some
nations
• Public Service / Corporate Social
Responsibilities
• It is compulsory in some nations to
help accident victims.

10. Voluntary Civic Responsibilities
• Getting involved with community
development
• Volunteering for non profit
• Donating to charitable initiatives
• Offer your skills to the
neighbourhood
• Transfer knowledge
• Respect other people’s rights

11. Purpose of Civic Responsibilities
• Citizens have a role towards nation
building
• Government cannot fix everything
• Our civic responsibilities make living
easier in our communities
• We are closer to ourselves than the
government

12. Where our civic responsibility begins
• Neighbourhood
• Town or city
• Schools
• Churches & Mosques
• State
• Country
• Abroad – As national brand
ambassadors.

13. Take home
• If there will be a great
nation, it will be built by
both the leaders and
followers
- Fola Daniel Adelesi

14. Call to action
• Start playing your part before asking
the government to play his part