All Progressive Congress (Nigeria)
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All Progressives Congress
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| Chairman | John Odigie Oyegun |
| National Secretary | Alhaji Mai Mala Buni |
| Founded | February 6, 2013 |
| Merger of | ACN, CPC, ANPP |
| Headquarters | 40 Blantyre Street, off Adetokunbo Ademola Street, Wuse II, Abuja, FCT |
| Ideology |
Big tent Federalism Social conservatism |
| Political position |
Economic: Centre-left Social: Right-wing |
| International affiliation | Socialist International (consultative) |
| Colours |
Green, white, blue Red (costumary) |
| Seats in the House |
225 / 360
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| Seats in the Senate |
60 / 109
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| Governorships |
22 / 36
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The All Progressives Congress (APC) is a political party in Nigeria, formed on 6th of February 2013 in anticipation of the 2015 elections. APC candidate Muhammadu Buhari won the presidential election by almost 2.6 million votes. Incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan conceded defeat on 31 March. This was the first time in Nigeria's political history that an opposition political party unseated a governing party in a general election and one in which power transferred peacefully from one political party to another. In addition, the APC won the majority of seats in the Senate and the House of Representatives in the 2015 elections, though it fell shy of winning a super-majority to override the ability of the opposition People's Democratic Party to block legislation.
Formed in February 2013, the party is the result of an alliance of Nigeria's three biggest opposition parties – the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) – and a faction of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) – merged to take on the People's Democratic Party. The resolution was signed by Tom Ikimi, the who represented the ACN; Senator Annie Okonkwo on behalf of the APGA; former governor of Kano State, Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau, the Chairman of ANPP's Merger Committee; and Garba Shehu, the Chairman of CPC's Merger Committee. Ironically, less than 2 years before the party's historic victory in the 2015 elections, Messrs Annie Okonkwo, Tom Ikimi and Ibrahim Shekarau resigned from the party and joined the PDP.
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