All Progressives Congress

All Progressives Congress
All Progressives Congress
Chairperson	Abdullahi Umar Ganduje (KA)
Secretary	Ajibola Basiru (OS)
Nigerian President	Bola Tinubu (LA)
Nigerian Vice President	Kashim Shettima (BO)
Senate President	Godswill Akpabio (AK)
Speaker of the House of Representatives	Tajudeen Abbas (KD)
Chair of Governors Forum	Hope Uzodinma (IM)
Founded	6 February 2013
Merger of	ACN; CPC; ANPP
Headquarters	40 Blantyre Street, off Adetokunbo Ademola Street, Wuse II, Abuja, FCT
Ideology	Big tent; Buharism; Social conservatism; Factions:; Federalism;
Political position	Centre
Colours	Light blue (customary); Green; White; Red
Seats in the Senate	59 / 109
Seats in the House of Representatives	176 / 360
Governorships	20 / 36
Seats in state Houses of Assembly	598 / 991
Website
	officialapc.ng
	Politics of Nigeria; Political parties; Elections;

The All Progressives Congress (APC) is one of the two major contemporary political parties in Nigeria, along with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Founded on 6 February 2013 from a merger of Nigeria's three largest opposition parties,^[6]^[7]^[8] the party came to power following the victory of party candidate Muhammadu Buhari^[7] in the 2015 presidential election.^[9] This marked the first time in Nigerian history that an opposition party unseated a governing party and power was transferred peacefully.^[10]

In 2015, the APC won the majority of seats in the Senate and the House of Representatives, although it fell shy of winning a super-majority to override the ability of PDP to block legislation.^[11]^[12] During Buhari's first term, waves of defections led the party to lose its federal legislative majorities in 2018, with both Senate President Bukola Saraki and House Speaker Yakubu Dogara among the dozens of lawmakers that defected to the PDP.^[13] Nonetheless, Buhari was reelected in the 2019 general election, which also saw the party solidify its majorities in both chambers.

In the 2023 general election, APC candidate Bola Tinubu won the presidential election. He was declared winner by Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) polling 8,794,726 votes.

^ Idowu, Abe. "PARTY IDEOLOGY AND APC 2019 GENERAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN IN NIGERIA". Africa Journal of Research.
^ Ambrose I Egwim, PhD. "IDEOLOGICALLY SPEAKING: THE DEPARTURE OF ALL PROGRESSIVE CONGRESS FROM PEOPLES DEMOCRATIC PARTY". Socialscientia Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Nigeria • Africa Elects".
^ Cite error: The named reference postnigeria was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Campbell, John (9 October 2018). "The Stage Is Set for Nigeria's February 2019 Presidential Election". Council on Foreign Relations. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
^ Maram, Mazen (7 February 2013). "Nigerian Biggest Opposition Parties Agree to Merge". Bloomberg. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
^ ^a ^b Opoola, Murtala (10 February 2013). "Nigeria: Welcome, All Progressives Congress". AllAfrica. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
^ Odeyemi, Temitayo Isaac; Igwebueze, Gideon Uchechukwu; Abati, Omomayowa Olawale; Ogundotun, Adeola Opeyemi (2022). "Political hibernation in-between elections? Exploring the online communication and mobilisation capacities of Nigeria's political parties". Journal of Public Affairs. 22: e2804. doi:10.1002/pa.2804. ISSN 1479-1854. S2CID 245477177.
^ "Election Result-Independent National Electoral Commission". INEC. 2 April 2015. Archived from the original on 14 April 2015. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
^ "Nigeria makes history in presidential election". 31 March 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
^ "APC wins 214 House of Reps' seats". Punch. 8 April 2015. Archived from the original on 21 April 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
^ "APC wins 64 seats in Senate". Punch. 1 April 2015. Archived from the original on 1 April 2015. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
^ "Defection: Court strikes out suit seeking sack of Saraki, Dogara, 52 other lawmakers |". 17 May 2019. Retrieved 28 February 2022.

[1] Idowu, Abe. "PARTY IDEOLOGY AND APC 2019 GENERAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN IN NIGERIA". Africa Journal of Research.

[2] Ambrose I Egwim, PhD. "IDEOLOGICALLY SPEAKING: THE DEPARTURE OF ALL PROGRESSIVE CONGRESS FROM PEOPLES DEMOCRATIC PARTY". Socialscientia Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities.^{[permanent dead link]}

[3] "Nigeria • Africa Elects".

[postnigeria-4] Cite error: The named reference postnigeria was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[5] Campbell, John (9 October 2018). "The Stage Is Set for Nigeria's February 2019 Presidential Election". Council on Foreign Relations. Retrieved 4 March 2019.

[Agree_to_Merge-6] Maram, Mazen (7 February 2013). "Nigerian Biggest Opposition Parties Agree to Merge". Bloomberg. Retrieved 11 February 2013.

[Welcome-7] Opoola, Murtala (10 February 2013). "Nigeria: Welcome, All Progressives Congress". AllAfrica. Retrieved 11 February 2013.

[8] Odeyemi, Temitayo Isaac; Igwebueze, Gideon Uchechukwu; Abati, Omomayowa Olawale; Ogundotun, Adeola Opeyemi (2022). "Political hibernation in-between elections? Exploring the online communication and mobilisation capacities of Nigeria's political parties". Journal of Public Affairs. 22: e2804. doi:10.1002/pa.2804. ISSN 1479-1854. S2CID 245477177.

[9] "Election Result-Independent National Electoral Commission". INEC. 2 April 2015. Archived from the original on 14 April 2015. Retrieved 7 April 2015.

[Nigeria_makes_history_in_presidential_election-10] "Nigeria makes history in presidential election". 31 March 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2015.

[APC_wins_214_House_of_Reps'_seats-11] "APC wins 214 House of Reps' seats". Punch. 8 April 2015. Archived from the original on 21 April 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2015.

[APC_wins_64_seats_in_Senate-12] "APC wins 64 seats in Senate". Punch. 1 April 2015. Archived from the original on 1 April 2015. Retrieved 1 April 2015.

[13] "Defection: Court strikes out suit seeking sack of Saraki, Dogara, 52 other lawmakers |". 17 May 2019. Retrieved 28 February 2022.

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