Dimapur, November 21 (MExN): After the RTI social auditing on November 15 and a public hearing on November 16 at Zünheboto organized by YouthNet and Zünheboto Range Students Union (ZRSU), the citizens of Zünheboto have something to look forward to.
Taking cue from the genuine opinions shared by some government officers, the leaders representing Sülimi Totimi Hoho (Zünheboto), Senior Citizens Forum, Kukami Hoho and All Sümi Students Union (SKK) who were present at the public hearing as “special observers,” have welcomed the idea of initiating community based action/involvement in developmental works in Zünheboto.
The leaders agreed that all elements affecting quality of service and developmental works can be controlled by the people if the public wake up and start keeping vigil of their surroundings. The vicious circle of corruption with election system as the breeding ground of corruption was also discussed. They felt that unclean election begets corruption; corruption begets poor quality of development; poor quality of development begets poor productivity; poor productivity begets unemployment/poverty; unemployment/poverty forces people to take money during election and also forces the politicians to make false promises.
The members of the organizations aired the common view on the issues of the poor quality of all round development in all sectors and the public becoming lethargic to issues at hand having lost confidence in the system plus ignorance and lack of initiative.
With the apex and active organizations making a vow to improve Zünheboto, it is keenly hoped that the public will take interest in the initiatives to improve Zünheboto in all round development, YouthNet and ZRSU stated in a press release. They noted that without the participation of the public no genuine initiative will be a success, and that community participation and social audit/checking by the apex organizations in developmental activities in Zünheboto will become a continuous affair without depending on others to come from elsewhere, but from within, as the solution always lie within.
Taking cue from the genuine opinions shared by some government officers, the leaders representing Sülimi Totimi Hoho (Zünheboto), Senior Citizens Forum, Kukami Hoho and All Sümi Students Union (SKK) who were present at the public hearing as “special observers,” have welcomed the idea of initiating community based action/involvement in developmental works in Zünheboto.
The leaders agreed that all elements affecting quality of service and developmental works can be controlled by the people if the public wake up and start keeping vigil of their surroundings. The vicious circle of corruption with election system as the breeding ground of corruption was also discussed. They felt that unclean election begets corruption; corruption begets poor quality of development; poor quality of development begets poor productivity; poor productivity begets unemployment/poverty; unemployment/poverty forces people to take money during election and also forces the politicians to make false promises.
The members of the organizations aired the common view on the issues of the poor quality of all round development in all sectors and the public becoming lethargic to issues at hand having lost confidence in the system plus ignorance and lack of initiative.
With the apex and active organizations making a vow to improve Zünheboto, it is keenly hoped that the public will take interest in the initiatives to improve Zünheboto in all round development, YouthNet and ZRSU stated in a press release. They noted that without the participation of the public no genuine initiative will be a success, and that community participation and social audit/checking by the apex organizations in developmental activities in Zünheboto will become a continuous affair without depending on others to come from elsewhere, but from within, as the solution always lie within.
