POWER TO WHO?

What do we mean when we say "power to the people?"
Power to the people might just , on research, be the most chanted mantra by activists and politicians around the world.

The mantra might be a true intention expressed or a cloak to garner the support of people to foster their own undoing in the next few years comprising the regime of a person in power.
To what extent do we mean this mantra and in what light: the truth or a cloak?
The quest for sustainable development is a long term one, achievable only through collaborative efforts but what happens when people deliberately excuse themselves because they believe that the quest is the governments' and not theirs to ensure?

The last post discussed the need to take action by everyone and not the judgement. All our posts preceding this have emphasized and reiterated the need for active citizenship but it might be far fetched in the face of bad governance, hence the need for collaborative efforts.
The global destiny is shared. It lies in the hands of everyone leaving no one behind; a refreshing start point for inclusion in the society.
Every member of the society owes it a duty to call the government to order when acting in breach of public faith reposed on them.

The place of good governance in the realization of a sustainable world cannot be shoved aside.
It is important that the government of nations all over the world take guided steps in the achievement of the sustainable development goals. It is common place to see messages on social media about the promises made by governments to commit to the SDGs, it must not stop there, they must swing into action and when they do not, citizens must call them to accountability as power indeed belongs to the people.

Strong governments and economies in realization of the fact that the imperative of sustainability is shared and fruitless if some parts of the world cannot step up to the task for peculiar or general reasons must commit to throw their weight behind the struggling economies and governments in order to achieve an inclusive and sustainable world for everyone.
This may be done through sharing ideas on best practices, experience and knowledge sharing, technology transfer (with caution), collaboration to act amongst others.
Bad governance in one country is a cause for alarm in every country, the truth in this statement is not far fetched. The effects of bad governance resonate all over the world, it causes poverty, migration, violence, unhealthy struggle for social amenities amongst others, all of which are the causes of global crisis all around the world.
Bad governance is the bane of sustainable development, it therefore behoves on everyone of us to seek ways to purge of country of every form of bad governance.

Bad governance just like a weak pillar in a building pulls down all efforts made by anyone or group of persons walking towards sustainable development.
Bad governance fosters the impediments to sustainable development and as such its important to find a way to make the government accountable to its people, the question is how?

This again, is achievable through citizens action by working hard against bad governance, exercising their rights and asserting it through the best means possible, acting right so that bad governance cannot thrive and collaborating with the government to take the world to the next level.
It is not enough to rant on social media and do no more, you must act, ensure accountability, speak up and resist bad governance through all peaceful means possible, use the social media to garner support to question the government responsibly.
Remind the government once again, that power belongs to the people and not to the government, hence the "p" and people which is absent in government (on a lighter note)

Power is vested in the government by the people and not the other way round, the power vested is what enables the government to act. There is no gain saying the fact that you cannot give what you do not have, power truly belongs to the people who give it to the government, to this extent, we are encouraged to take the global destiny in our hands and question every authority that acts in ways to impede the achievement of sustainable development.

The next post will highlight the ways we can peacefully resist bad governance. Have a beautiful week ahead.

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