National Conscience Party
National Conscience Party | |
|---|---|
| National Chairman | Dr. Tanko Yinusa |
| Founded | 1994 |
| Headquarters | Gwagwalada, Nigeria |
| Ideology | Participatory democracy[1] Socialism[2][3][4] |
| Political position | Left-wing[5] |
The National Conscience Party (NCP) is a nationalist political party in Nigeria. The party formed in 1994. However, it was prevented from standing in elections until 2003, when it won a legal battle to be able to do so. In the presidential election of that year ,the NCP candidate, Gani Fawehinmi, came fifth, polling 161,333 votes or 0.41% of the popular vote.[6]
The party lost its electoral registration in 2020 as part of a larger wave in which the INEC deregistered a total of 72 parties.[7] In 2023 the party endorsed Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (Nigeria).[8] In 2025 the NCP announced an alliance with the African Democratic Congress to present a joint opposition to the administration of Bola Tinubu.[9]
References
- ^ https://guardian.ng/politics/fawehinmi-a-champion-of-participatory-democracy-ncp/
- ^ https://www.socialistalternative.org/nigeria/chapter-seven-the-national-conscience-party-ncp/
- ^ https://nnu.ng/why-members-of-delisted-ncp-merged-with-adc-in-lagos-ibu-owo/
- ^ https://nationalconscienceparty.wordpress.com/2018/09/22/2019-elections-vote-out-government-of-deceit-looting-and-godfatherism-in-lagos//
- ^ https://csloh.substack.com/p/the-nigerian-left
- ^ "19 April 2003 Presidential Election". africanelections.tripod.com. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
- ^ https://dailytrust.com/updated-inec-de-registers-kowa-okoties-party-72-others-full-list/
- ^ https://www.nigeriainfo.fm/port-harcourt/news/homepage/2023-national-conscience-party-endorses-obi/
- ^ https://dailypost.ng/2025/11/18/2027-adc-ncp-form-alliance-vow-to-end-apcs-rule/