WAEC Civic Education Past Questions & Answers - Page 81

Ways citizens can participate

• looking for information in newspapers, magazines, and reference materials and judging its accuracy.
• voting in local, state, and national elections.
• participating in a political discussion.
• trying to persuade someone to vote a certain way.
• signing a petition.
• contesting for political offices

Effects of Political Apathy

• Political apathy leads to bad government.
• Political apathy leads to emergence of thugs and greedy politician emerging as leaders.
• Political apathy leads to lack of communication between the government and the citizens.
• Political apathy leads to denial of political information and education.

An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual to hold public office. Its a way the government of the day can know their public support from the citizens via casting of votes. Those who feel the government is working well and deserves more time in office, usually cast their vote for the government. 

Civil society is the aggregate of non-governmental organizations and institutions that manifest interests and will of citizens.It can also be seen as individuals and organizations in a society which are independent of the government.

Political participation is any activity that shapes, affects, or involves the political spheres. Political participation ranges from voting to attending a rally to committing an act of terrorism to sending a letter to a representative.