Northern Elements Progressive Union

Northern Elements Progressive Union

Jam'iyyar Neman Sawaba
Northern Elements Progressive Union Jam'iyyar Neman Sawaba
Abbreviation	NEPU
President	Aminu Kano
Founded	1950
Split from	Northern People's Congress
Preceded by	Northern Elements Progressive Association; Free North; Spikin Movement
Succeeded by	People's Redemption Party
Headquarters	Kano, Northern Nigeria
Student wing	Zahar Haqu
Youth wing	Rundunar Samarin Sawaba; Askiyanist Movement
Membership (1960)	500,000
Ideology	Socialist economics; Social liberalism; Democratic humanism; Nigerian nationalism
Colours	Black, Green, Red
Slogan	Sawaba ('freedom')
Party flag
	Politics of Nigeria; Political parties; Elections;

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.

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

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

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