Action Group

E888974

Action Group was a major Nigerian political party in the late colonial and early post-independence era, known for its strong base in the Western Region and its advocacy of federalism and regional self-governance.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Action Group canonical 10

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf political party ⓘ
advocated federal constitution for Nigeria ⓘ
free primary education ⓘ
regional self-government ⓘ
welfare state policies ⓘ
associatedWithEvent treasonable felony trial of Obafemi Awolowo ⓘ
bannedAfter 1966 Nigerian military coup ⓘ
baseOfSupport Western Region electorate ⓘ
Yoruba people ⓘ
country Nigeria ⓘ
dissolutionContext military rule in Nigeria ⓘ
ethnoRegionalBase Yoruba-dominated Western Region ⓘ
linked to: Yorubaland
foundedBy Obafemi Awolowo ⓘ
governed Western Region of Nigeria ⓘ
linked to: Western Nigeria
headquartersRegion Ibadan area ⓘ
linked to: Ibadan
heldOfficeOf Premier of Western Region ⓘ
ideology federalism ⓘ
regionalism ⓘ
social democracy ⓘ
involvedIn Western Region political crisis of 1962 ⓘ
keyFigure Anthony Enahoro ⓘ
Bode Thomas ⓘ
Dauda Adegbenro ⓘ
Obafemi Awolowo ⓘ
Remi Fani-Kayode ⓘ
Samuel Ladoke Akintola ⓘ
notablePublication party manifestos advocating federalism and welfare policies ⓘ
operatedIn Western Region of Nigeria ⓘ
linked to: Western Nigeria
opposedParty National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons ⓘ
Northern Peoples Congress ⓘ
participatedIn 1951 Western Region elections ⓘ
1954 federal elections in Nigeria ⓘ
1959 federal elections in Nigeria ⓘ
politicalPosition centre-left ⓘ
politicalSystemContext parliamentary system in First Republic Nigeria ⓘ
premierFromParty Obafemi Awolowo ⓘ
Samuel Ladoke Akintola ⓘ
promotedPolicy agricultural modernization in Western Region ⓘ
free universal primary education in Western Region ⓘ
rural development in Western Region ⓘ
region Western Nigeria ⓘ
roleInHistory major party of Nigeria First Republic ⓘ
successor Unity Party of Nigeria ⓘ
timePeriod First Republic of Nigeria ⓘ
late colonial era in Nigeria ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bola Ige → memberOfPoliticalParty → Action Group ⓘ
Obafemi Awolowo → politicalParty → Action Group ⓘ
Western Region (Nigeria) → politicalPartyDominant → Action Group ⓘ
subject linked to: Western Region
Northern People's Congress → opposedBy → Action Group ⓘ
subject linked to: Northern People’s Congress