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The Northern Elements Progressive Union Declaration of Principles, referred to as the Sawaba Declaration, was a political manifesto for the Northern Elements Progressive Union (NEPU).[1][2]
On 8 August 1950, a group of radicals from Northern Nigeria, who were former members of the cultural association that would soon become the political party Northern People's Congress (NPC), issued the Sawaba Declaration in Kano. This Declaration of Principles led to the founding of the Northern Elements Progressive Union, a socialist party that spearheaded the movement opposing the conservative NPC until the dissolution of all political parties at the end of Nigeria's First Republic.[2][3][4]
Although NEPU was dissolved in 1966, the Sawaba Declaration regained influence during the Second Republic with the founding of the People's Redemption Party (PRP), a political party established by left-leaning intellectuals, including former NEPU members. The PRP adopted these principles as part of its General Programme.[2][5]
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- ^ a b c Musa, Balarabe (1982). Struggle for social and economic change. Internet Archive. Zaria : Northern Nigerian Pub. Co. pp. 161–162. ISBN 978-978-169-216-1.
- ^ Falola, Toyin (2009). Colonialism and violence in Nigeria. Internet Archive. Bloomington : Indiana University Press. p. 149. ISBN 978-0-253-35356-6.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link) - ^ Sklar, Richard L. (1983). Nigerian political parties : power in an emergent African nation. Internet Archive. New York : NOK Publishers International. p. 95. ISBN 978-0-88357-100-2.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link) - ^ Race Today Collective (1983). Race Today Review 1983: vol 14 no 5. Darcus Howe Collective. Race Today Collective. p. 162.
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