The phrase "ability of citizens" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the skills, capabilities, or rights that individuals possess within a society or community.
Example: "The government should focus on enhancing the ability of citizens to participate in the democratic process."
Alternatives: "citizens' capabilities" or "citizens' skills".
We work in one set of countries where the governments have really constricted the ability of citizens to work collectively to improve their everyday lives.
The line between science and politics becomes fatally compromised, and with it disappears the ability of citizens to both understand and act.
"It's really unfortunate that the federal government shutdown is affecting the ability of citizens to see this icon of democracy," Governor Daugaard said.
Will Europe make Fidesz roll back its appointments to the Constitutional Court and restore the ability of citizens to challenge laws in the abstract before the Court?
"Another way freedom of movement will be restricted is you will see more and more restrictions placed on the ability of citizens from other E.U. countries to claim welfare benefits".
And he has challenged the persistent sense that Russia's government, whose bureaucracy has expanded under Mr. Putin and remained inefficient and corrupt, is inevitably elephantine and beyond the ability of citizens to change.
These reviews served to help ensure that changes in voting practices wouldn't diminish the ability of U.S. citizens to vote, particularly U.S. citizens of from minority communities that were previously subject to discrimination.
Other online projects relied on the cognitive abilities of citizen scientists.
"Some in Washington are hoping to undermine the ability of ordinary citizens to encrypt their data.
"Free movement" actually means the ability of EU citizens to work in Britain, not to enter Britain unchecked.
"It really has sort of restored my faith in the ability of Louisiana citizens to recognize outrageous conduct on the part of its public officials," he said.
