All Progressives Congress
APC
About
The All Progressives Congress (APC) is one of the major contemporary political parties in Nigeria, along with the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). It was founded on 6 February 2013 through the merger of three major opposition parties and is described as a big tent party with a centre to centre-left position. The party came to power when its candidate Muhammadu Buhari won the 2015 presidential election, the first time an opposition party unseated a governing party in Nigeria with a peaceful transfer of power. Bola Tinubu won the 2023 presidential election for the party.
History
The party was formed in February 2013 from a merger of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) and the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP), along with a breakaway faction of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) and a faction of the then ruling People's Democratic Party. INEC approved it as a political party on 31 July 2013. In the 2015 elections the party won control of the presidency, a majority in the Senate and a majority in the House of Representatives. Its legislative majorities were lost in 2018 after waves of defections, but were regained in the 2019 elections. In 2023 the party kept the presidency and retained majorities in both chambers of the National Assembly, though with a reduced vote share.
Key Facts
Established
6 February 2013
Headquarters
40 Blantyre Street, off Adetokunbo Ademola Street, Wuse II, Abuja, FCT
Chairperson
Nentawe Yilwatda
Jurisdiction
Nigeria
Ideology
Big tent, social conservatism, federalism
Abbreviation
APC
Website
apc.com.ng