Non-performance of obligations by citizens can bring about the following to a community, state or nation:
anarchy/lawlessness;
- political instability;
- confusion;
- chaos and violence;
- disunity and aggression;
- environmental hazards;
- denial of fundamental rights;
- punishment and payment of fines;the
- slow pace of infrastructural development;
- low productivity and unemployment; and
- imprisonment of law breakers.