Action Group (Nigeria)

Action Group
ChairmanObafemi Awolowo
Secretary-GeneralAnthony Enahoro
Bola Ige
Founded1951 (1951)
Dissolved16 January 1966 (1966-01-16)
HeadquartersIbadan
IdeologySocial democracy
Democratic socialism
Awoism
Political positionCentre-left

The Action Group (AG) was a Nigerian nationalist[1] political party established in Ibadan on 21 March 1951, by Chief Obafemi Awolowo.[2] The party was founded to serve as the platform for realizing his preliminary objective of mobilizing Western Nigerians to forestall the NCNC control of the Western Region and the subsequent aim of cooperating with other nationalist parties to win independence for Nigeria. It benefited immensely from the relationships developed in the Egbe Omo Oduduwa[3] formed in Awolowo's days in London as a student.[4]

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  2. ^ Awolowo, Obafemi (28 April 1951). "Freedom For All". Archived from the original on 12 July 2019. Retrieved 11 July 2019 – via artsrn.ualberta.ca.
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  4. ^ "Egbe Omo Oduduwa : a study in ethnic and cultural nationalism". www.npg.si.edu. Retrieved 30 April 2021.