Northern Elements Progressive Union

Northern Elements Progressive Union
Jam'iyyar Neman Sawaba
AbbreviationNEPU
PresidentAminu Kano
Founded1950 (1950)
Dissolved1966
Split fromNorthern People's Congress
Preceded byNorthern Elements Progressive Association
Free North
Spikin Movement
Succeeded byPeople's Redemption Party
HeadquartersKano, Northern Nigeria
Student wingZahar Haqu
Youth wingRundunar Samarin Sawaba
Askiyanist Movement
Membership (1960)500,000[1]
IdeologySocialist economics
Social liberalism
Democratic humanism
Nigerian nationalism
ColoursBlack, Green, Red
SloganSawaba ('freedom')
Party flag

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.

  1. ^ Dudley, Billy J. (1968). Parties and politics in northern Nigeria. Internet Archive. London : Cass. p. 85. ISBN 978-0-7146-1658-2.