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Northern Elements Progressive Union
Northern Elements Progressive Union Jam'iyyar Neman Sawaba | |
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| Abbreviation | NEPU |
| President | Aminu Kano |
| Founded | 1950 |
| Dissolved | 1966 |
| Split from | Northern People's Congress |
| Preceded by | Northern Elements Progressive Association Free North Spikin Movement |
| Succeeded by | People's Redemption Party |
| Headquarters | Kano, Northern Nigeria |
| Student wing | Zahar Haqu |
| Youth wing | Rundunar Samarin Sawaba Askiyanist Movement |
| Membership (1960) | 500,000[1] |
| Ideology | Socialist economics Social liberalism Democratic humanism Nigerian nationalism |
| Colours | Black, Green, Red |
| Slogan | Sawaba ('freedom') |
| Party flag | |
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The Northern Elements Progressive Union (NEPU) was the first political party in Northern Nigeria. Founded in Kano on 8 August 1950, it was the offshoot of a pre-existing political association called the Northern Elements Progressive Association. It became the main opposition party in Northern Nigeria after the region was granted self-governance in the 1950s. In the First Republic it maintained a steady alliance with Zikist National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons (NCNC) against the Northern People's Congress (NPC)-dominated Federal Government.
- ^ Dudley, Billy J. (1968). Parties and politics in northern Nigeria. Internet Archive. London : Cass. p. 85. ISBN 978-0-7146-1658-2.
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