National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons

National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons
ChairmanHerbert Macaulay
Secretary-GeneralNnamdi Azikiwe
Founded1944 (1944)
Dissolved16 January 1966 (1966-01-16)
HeadquartersLagos
IdeologyBig tent
Nigerian nationalism
Social justice
Political positionCentre

The National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons (NCNC) (later changed to the National Convention of Nigerian Citizens), was a Nigerian nationalist political party from 1944 to 1966, during the period leading up to independence and immediately following independence.[1]

  1. ^ Lloyd, Peter C. (1955). "The Development of Political Parties in Western Nigeria". American Political Science Review. 49 (3): 693–707. doi:10.2307/1951433. ISSN 0003-0554. JSTOR 1951433. S2CID 144014509.