The Orange Union principle is a geopolitical reflection of the orange fruit whereby the outer peeling represents the mutuality of shared interest but each inner segment represents a  self-contained, self-determined, self-governed and self-protected ethnic country.

No segment interferes with the internal affairs of another segment.

The Union collaborates with mutual equity only on seven affairs which are Trade, Transportation, Border Control, Union Security, International Relations, Sports Development and Arbitration Court.

The banknotes may look different for each ethnic member country but the currency & currency value stays the same auspices of the Union Reserve Bank which is part of the joint Trade affairs.

All other affairs are exclusive matters of internal governance for each ethnic member country.

We were brainwashed, punished and made ashamed of our indigenous identities, we were lumped together geographically and then divided against one another politically, we were lured away from multicultural identities and forced to a foreign “superior” system that required us to be integrated into European culture called civilisation to qualify for jobs but only just enough to be used as servants to perform the menial labour and basic tasks for the Oyinbo massas.

As soon as we started rising above that status and became “educated” we were herded into the “commonwealth” deception, but you still had to sweat to get a visa for higher training in the U.K. Today the oppression continues with Ms Braverman tightening the noose around the necks of those who dare to seek a way out of the devastation that Africa has been made into.

The way our kids begin to learn they are black inferior humans is because they are shamed and physically, mentally and socially barred from entry to areas where good white people’s kids play.

Identity is key. We must learn and appreciate Self identity and discard this fake White identity.
The confusion of who and what we are has to stop.

The Orange concept is key to opening our minds to our amazing history, culture, diversity and to start to take pride in our millions of years of ancestry.

In the natural African civilization there is a tested and tried consensus in the community. Such consensus that has survived multiple and countless generations is not only a stable incentive for progress but a deterrent to aberrational vice. The principles of governance and communal harmony are rooted at every level of the society. There is virtually little to no discrepancy in the outlook of the nation whether at individual or public level.

With this sort of pre-colonial setting the outcomes are frequently unanimous and the gears of progress are swiftly changed according to the nature of the challenges facing that community.

However, in an experimental society the regular outcomes are unpredictable and the nuances of incoherence can spark alarming conflicts. It requires a detailed studying of the various components of the experiment in order to find a brittle common ground. The element of trust has a very low threshold for the boiling point and therefore disappears at the slightest incongruence. This may be due to innate incompatibilities but it could be more a matter of natural divergence. Whatever the case may be, it should not be a perpetual experimentation if the recurring outcomes bear the mark of failure in a consistent trajectory.

With the above preamble in mind the mirror in the sun converges the spotlight on the colonial experiment in West Africa known as "Nigeria." This giant colonial experiment is still perplexing every onlooker in the way it combines endowment with persistent regression as the expanding rot of an apple. It is almost a mystical puzzle when diction speaks louder than action for far too long. The very complexity of its ethnic civilizational mosaicism is a recipe for dissatisfaction to say the least but the constant denial of this complexity itself inadvertently cancels the sense of belonging for an unknown but sharply increasing percentage of the conglomerate. This absent sense of belonging is further exacerbated by a history littered with injustices that if anything have a propensity for recurrence on a regular basis. Obviously vain utterances will not yield trust when the colonial matrix cannot guarantee any safe haven even in the indigenous cradles. This particular reality exponentially heightens anxiety, paranoia and every other disorder that makes our folks look like peoples cursed even before the cock crows at dawn. The level of desperation for many is such that they feel doomed from the very moment of waking up.

So why is our collective history evading the vast majority of our peoples? The deliberate omission of robust local history in the colonial education being offered from kindergarten was the vehicle of brainwashing that prolonged the collective suffering. Going by the colonial trajectory some ethnic nations will never see their fellow indigene become head of State ever as the arithmetical odds are forever stacked against them. How does this fact promote trust or a sense of belonging? If it doesn't, then it will certainly feed the sense of discord, distrust, selfishness and corruption. The colonial experiment created a "confunity" by confusing our destiny but it never promoted a community as we were lied to.

So it turns out that our peoples do not lack intelligence but they lack a sense of belonging given the colonial configuration that denies their true voice, identity, language, culture, hopes and self-determination.

We did not colonize ourselves and we certainly must not colonize ourselves on behalf of the colonizers who neither speak our languages nor give birth to our descendants. It is utter nonsense to continue with any colonial formation anywhere in Africa. It is an insult on all of us as individuals and as a collective.

We must follow the research and seek the Orange Union earnestly with a sense of urgency in fact. We need to stop all political wilderness and gimmicks.

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©2023 Dr Eke.

A good government is one that achieves excellence beyond the usual expectations of the people. Subsequently a bad government is one that fails to achieve its promise but at least achieved the mandatory basic criteria for governance to be even deemed a government.

Many people assume that government is any set of persons or personalities who claim to be a "government." This is clearly not the case as sometimes a government does not even exist.

There are specific basic criteria that confirm the existence of a government whether bad or good but at least a government exists when these basic criteria are clearly all evident.

Government is not a theory and it is not a title but a duty in itself. Government is not an idea or a claim but a set of persons or personalities who fulfil the mandatory basic criteria for governance.

There are other criteria for societal development which can be facilitated by a government to various degrees but for a government to even exist it must have fulfilled all five mandatory basic criteria for governance.

In the absence of any of the five criteria, there is an absence of government. Those who are not aware of this duty must never be involved in any governance structure or instruments.

DRINKING WATER

A government must ensure the availability of drinking water for the entire population on a daily basis with a secured planning project that maintains and sustains the provision of enough drinking water which must be easily affordable to the entire population.

ADEQUATE FOOD

There must be an organized approach to ensuring that the entire population can access daily feeding whether subsidized or not. The food production must be supported and promoted by government programs in a robust manner.

The role of stakeholders must be encouraged and monitored to include foresight and reasonable forecast of potential food production. Food must be easily affordable to the entire population.

SECURITY

A security network that ensures protection of person and property must be guaranteed to function without impediments of any sort. Every person and property must have the assurance that the security network has regular standard surveillance and communication which adequately covers the entire map of the polity.

A non-intrusive but proactive security system with very low threshold for direct engagement with the citizens and residents to allow passive and active flow of information as detailed as necessary to stay steps ahead of potential criminality is mandatory.

This security network is fully equipped and heavily backed by the concerted efforts of all government agencies and all key stakeholders in the community. All security centres must have locally sourced personnel to ensure good communication, monitoring and transparency in the public view.

HEALTH & SAFETY

The public health and safety boards must have adequate knowledge of the local peculiarities and have a dedicated team for risk assessment of potential aberrations within the community.

A robust communication method that dialogues with the community at all the various levels must be in place. Regular checks and audits of successful performance must be conducted annually and public awareness programs must be overtly conducted monthly throughout the length and breadth of the polity to ensure identification of loopholes and unsafe activities.

An equitably sustainable healthcare system that ensures the direct responsibility and active participation of both service users and service providers must be in place.

A TRANSPARENT JUDICIARY

The issue of a constitution derived via the overwhelming consensus of the public as it traverses their ancestry, history, culture, identity, security, territorial peculiarity, language and most ideal foreseeable posterity goes without saying to be the foundation of a locally functional judiciary.

The best interest of the polity will vary from culture to culture as well as from nation to nation. It cannot be assumed that all cultures are the same nor should it be assumed that every language expresses the same sentiments.

A constitution must reflect not only the safety and stability of the local polity but it reflects the unique understanding and compliance of the citizens as a means of promoting their heritage in the most humanely possible way.

The judiciary as a custodian of rules which preserve the integrity of persons, property and the polity must be predictable based on outlined orders in place which reflects its transparent nature. This impartial structure is a powerful reminder of all that has been agreed beyond the shadows of doubt for the peace of mind of the community. It motivates compliance by its assessment of whatever cases stationed within it forecourts.

It is worth noting that the above five mandatory basic criteria for governance are not about excellence or performance but about the absence or existence of a government.

There are many other criteria for performance and excellence which may include educational systems, housing, energy efficiency, effective transportation systems, adequate labour and employment management, durable economic development strategies, satisfactory sports and leisure arrangements, robust foreign affairs policy, decent wildlife management, equitable resource management etc.

In conclusion, where any one of the five mandatory basic criteria for governance is amiss, you definitely have no government regardless of what any politician or deity tells you.

©2020 Dr Eke.