Action Group

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Action Group was a major Nigerian political party in the late colonial and early post-independence era, known for its strong base in the Western Region and its advocacy of federalism and regional self-governance.

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Action Group canonical 10

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instanceOf political party
advocated federal constitution for Nigeria
free primary education
regional self-government
welfare state policies
associatedWithEvent treasonable felony trial of Obafemi Awolowo
bannedAfter 1966 Nigerian military coup
baseOfSupport Western Region electorate
Yoruba people
country Nigeria
dissolutionContext military rule in Nigeria
ethnoRegionalBase Yoruba-dominated Western Region
linked to: Yorubaland
foundedBy Obafemi Awolowo
governed Western Region of Nigeria
linked to: Western Nigeria
headquartersRegion Ibadan area
linked to: Ibadan
heldOfficeOf Premier of Western Region
ideology federalism
regionalism
social democracy
involvedIn Western Region political crisis of 1962
keyFigure Anthony Enahoro
Bode Thomas
Dauda Adegbenro
Obafemi Awolowo
Remi Fani-Kayode
Samuel Ladoke Akintola
notablePublication party manifestos advocating federalism and welfare policies
operatedIn Western Region of Nigeria
linked to: Western Nigeria
opposedParty National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons
Northern Peoples Congress
participatedIn 1951 Western Region elections
1954 federal elections in Nigeria
1959 federal elections in Nigeria
politicalPosition centre-left
politicalSystemContext parliamentary system in First Republic Nigeria
premierFromParty Obafemi Awolowo
Samuel Ladoke Akintola
promotedPolicy agricultural modernization in Western Region
free universal primary education in Western Region
rural development in Western Region
region Western Nigeria
roleInHistory major party of Nigeria First Republic
successor Unity Party of Nigeria
timePeriod First Republic of Nigeria
late colonial era in Nigeria

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Bola Ige memberOfPoliticalParty Action Group
Obafemi Awolowo politicalParty Action Group
Western Region (Nigeria) politicalPartyDominant Action Group
subject linked to: Western Region
Northern People's Congress opposedBy Action Group
subject linked to: Northern People’s Congress