Role of the Government in the Development of Th Society

THE ROLE OF THE GOVERNMENT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SOCIETY

INTRODUCTION.

The role of government in our society cannot be overemphasized and the government as a seat of authority where rules and laws are established adjusted and executed has been in existence since time immemorial.

In various sectors of the society, the government has an important role to play starting from the law making, education, industrialization, technology, transportation, social amenities development, job creation, health sector, etc.

Every day when we turn on the news, we discover that what it contains consists of what governments around the world are doing. It seems that if we didn't have governments to amuse us, there would be no news at all. In fact, without the beneficence of government, life might become so boring as to not be worth living at all.

Even with all this talk about government, it is amazing that the population in general does not have a clear idea of what government is and what they do. When people are asked what the purpose of government is, or what the essence of government enterprise is, they frequently shrug their shoulders. The term government, like so many other terms we use daily, is taken for granted and is poorly defined at best.

In the modern world, we can see that society is government itself and the society governs itself. The democracy form of governance which has been accepted by almost the entire world in the modern times. The first accepted form of leadership and governance was that of tribal leaders, followed by monarchy and democracy. The term society is quite a heavy, important and is almost synonymous to the terms mankind and human existence.

RELEVANCE OF GOVERNMENT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SOCIETY.

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