Guys, I have a wonderful idea!

https://sites.psu.edu/global/files/2017/04/Africa-1wpffkr.jpg

Premises:

The position of a presiding official (President) is necessary at each highest level established

The 3 body government (as utilized by the US) is advantageous for replication

The following is a good idea

I will give a short dissertation including the following divisions:
Subcontinental; Regional; National; State(Departmental/Provincial) ;City(Municipal); LGA(Sud-divisional); Neighborhood

I will use where I was born as an example:

A. Subcontinental - West Africa
B. Regional - Greater Benin-Oyo-Togo
C. National - Yoruba
D. State - Lagos
E. City - Lagos
F. LGA -Kosofe
G. Neighborhood - Anthony

A. Here is a proposal of the constituents of West Africa

Benin
Burkina Faso
Cabo Verde (Cape Verde)
Cameroon (ADDED)
Chad (ADDED)
Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
The Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Liberia
Mali
Mauritania
Niger
Nigeria
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom Overseas Territory)
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Togo


B. Here is a proposal of Regions

THESE NAMES ARE JUST THE BEST I CAN DO, DON'T LOSE THE IDEA

1. Greater Biafra - Spanning Cameroon to South-East Nigeria, roughly
2. Greater Benin-Oyo-Togo - Spanning Benin Kingdom to Togo, roughly
3. Gold Coast - Spanning Ghana to Liberia, roughly
4. Pular Coast - Guinea, Gunea-Bissau region, Sierra Leone, roughly
5. Historic Mali - Senegal, Gambia, Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, roughly
6. Greater Chadic Region - Niger, Hausa States, Kanuri States, Chad, roughly


C. Here is a proposal of Nations -- a quite unfair one frankly, but a possibly useful one
Prerequisite: a population of say at least 2 million adherents

Hausa
Yoruba
Igbo
Fulani
Ashanti (or simply Akan)
Fante (or simply Akan)
Mandinka (or simply Mande)
Bambara (or simply Mande)
Soninke (or simply Mande)
Ijaw
Kanuri
Mole-Dagbani
Ewe
Songhai
etc (including Edo, and many others)
Much smaller groups that already live in proximity can conjoin to form nations of joined identities


D. States will exist as they currently are

E. Cities will exist as they currently are

F. LGAs will exist as they currently are

G. Neighborhoods will continue to exist for their purposes

Colonial borders will be rethought

*******LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT******

A The West African Subcontinent
- One elected President, elected by all West Africans
- Three elected Senators sent from each Region each (Eg. The Benin-Oyo-Togo) to make Subcontinental laws
- A proportionate amount of Representatives sent from each region to reflect the population sizes of the regions.

B The Regions
- One elected Chancellor (regional president) each
- Two elected senators sent from each Nation (Eg. Yoruba) to make Regional laws
- A proportionate amount of Representatives sent from each nation to reflect the population sizes of the nations.

C The Nations
- One elected Head of Nation each
- One elected senator sent from each State(Eg. Lagos State) in the Nation to help draft National laws
- A proportionate amount of Representatives sent from each state to reflect the population sizes of the states..

D The Sate
- One elected Governor
- Their Council/Board/Congress

E The City/Town/Village
- One Mayor/Chief/Ceremonial King
- Their Council/Board

F The LGA
- Their Council/Board

G The neighborhood
- Their Council/Board for neighborhood development

Corresponding judicial bodies will also exist at each higher level, like A to E.

********implementation******

Okay, so two obvious barriers to change will be Religion and Asset Control (e.g. a sitting official will not accept restructuring in their territory because of what they stand to lose in the process)

Few things...

1. No restructuring, as suggested above will be necessary from points D to G. More officials may be elected, but there will be minimal changes, if any there, as these things already exist or can be built on without losses

2. Point A is non-existent and will need to be created through West African elections

3. Point B to C is where problems lie and where the bulk of any changes lie.
Eg. In order to have a Yoruba Head of Nation, a Fon President from the Republic of Benin will need to dissolve the country that they preside over. This is obviously contentious.

My suggestion is this: In order to create the offices of Head of Nation for capital ethnic groups (about 2 milli or more, or sizable conjoinings of smaller groups) in the West African Subcontinent, all sitting Presidents of an ethnicity will default to the Head of Nation of their respective Ethnicity for the rest of their term with all existing amenities in place.

This will mean that a Fon president of the Republic of Benin will default to the President of the Fon people, without election for the rest of their term with all salaries and presidential amenities in place and unchanged; elections will resume at the following election cycle exclusively for the newly designated nation of a region of the sub-continent. In the case where more than one individual of the same ethnicity preside over more than one country, all preference will be given to them in presidential re-designation within their newly designated nation of a region of the subcontinent. For instance, if a Fulani is the president of Guinea, Guinea Bissau, and Nigeria, one will become the chancellor and vice chancellor of the Pular Coastal (or whatever name), one the Head of Nation of the Fulani Nation and another the vice Head of nation of the same group. The idea is that all governmental privilege and right of way should be tailored to those in office at implementation time, with the upscale direction taken as much as possible; eg. priority given to the pres of Guinea in being the chancellor of the collection of both Guinea and Guinea Bissau is up-scaling.

For the Regional Chancellors, new elections will need to be held, unless contentions necessitate, as discussed, up-scaling priorities for the length of the contentious sitting president as everyone deserves their place, but it is unlikely that many of these cases will arise as there aren't many cases where one ethnicity is presiding over many of the listed countries.......

For the Subcontinental President, new elections will need to be held.

The Subcontinent will be on par with the status of a modern nation, and it is this President that will represent a country/lead the army, which brings me to the next point.


********DEFENSE**********

The army will exist on the Subcontinental level and provide defense to the entire Subcontinental Country in war-time

There should be police from levels A to either D, E, or F.
Eg.
A WASP - West African Subcontinental Police
B Benin-Oyo-Togo Regional Police, which will acquiesce to the Subcontinental Police in the same way the NYPD acquiesce to the FBI
C Yoruba National Police, which will acquiesce to the Regional Police in the same way the NYPD acquiesce to the FBI
D Lagos State Police, which will acquiesce to the National Police in the same way the NYPD acquiesce to the FBI
E Lagos City Police, if desired by the state and city governments, which will acquiesce to the State Police in the same way the NYPD acquiesce to the FBI
F Kosofe LGA watch or something like that, or even LGA police if the higher governments agree to it for security reasons.
G Neighborhood Watch committees, if desired too


************IMPLICATIONS and SCALABILITY***************

The Idea here is to have the Continent stop being so fragmented for little reason, but to form countries based on similarity in region and cultures without compromising our individuality, roots, and own unique contributions to contentious extents. If Countries can be formed out of Sub-continents as in the attached pic, it sets the stage for Continents to be joined later...

Eg.

Adding one layer of Presidency and Congress could lead to the Union of West Africa, Central Africa, East Africa, and Southern Africa, when the world is ready for such harmony. 4 senators and proportionate representatives sent. This will be an Eighth layer, accordingly
Adding another layer of Presidency and Congress could lead to the Union of Sub-saharan Africa and the Arab League, when the world is ready for such harmony. 5 senators and proportionate representatives sent. This will be a Ninth layer, accordingly

I tend to divide the world into three large sections, the West (North, and South America, and the Caribbean), The Middle (Europe and Africa), and the East (Northern, and South, and South Eastern Asia, and Oceania, with the Pacific Islands)

Adding yet another layer of Presidency and Congress could lead to the Union of the collection of Sub-saharan Africa and the Arab League with the collection of say Western and Eastern Europe, when the world is ready for such harmony. 6 senators and proportionate representatives sent. This will be a Tenth layer, accordingly

Adding yet another layer of Presidency and Congress could lead to the Union of the collection of Africa and Europe with the collection of North and South America, and the collection of all of Asia and the pacific,, when the world is ready for such harmony. 7 senators and proportionate representatives sent. This will be a Eleventh layer, accordingly

Many positions in government will be open at any level of implementation and a divided government system can further act as check and balance where needed.. But the expansion is only speculative, the main level of interest is Western Africa


Notable Addition

***********LANGUAGES*********

A Subcontinental Level - Official language could be the largest one spoken, E.g Hausa
B Regional Level - Could be the largest one spoken in the Region, Eg. In the Benin-Oyo-Togo Region, Yoruba
C National Level - The Nation's language and the Colonial Language, eg. Yoruba and English for someone from here
All lower levels will not introduce new languages... therefore a Yoruba person would be able to communicate in the Subregional language, the Largest Regional Language, and the Colonial language that particularly applies to them.

This is Nairaland, I post ideas. I want feedback, or just someone to steal my idea and run with it on some level

-Atleast you engaged your brain unlike most Nigerians, who are normally of very low IQ.

-Biafra will be restored, eventually.