6-680: United Middle Belt Congress ( UMBC ) was a political party in Nigeria during the nation's First Republic. The Party was a fusion of two major Middle Belt organizations, viz. the Middle Zone League and the Middle Belt Peoples' Party. The party was formed to create a political platform for the various ethnic groups in central Nigeria covering parts of present-day Benue State , Kogi State , Plateau State , Nasarawa State , Adamawa State and Kwara State . Its establishment
12-592: A decentralized nomination system whereby local ethnic unions or special committees in a given area nominated and presented candidates for local elections, this was partly used to validate the ethnic diversity of the party. This article about a political party in Nigeria is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . List of political parties in Nigeria This is a list of political parties in Nigeria . The Federal Republic of Nigeria has
18-772: A multi-party system. The largest by National Assembly seats are the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). There are also a number of smaller parties, the largest of which are the Labour Party (LP), All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) and Young Progressives Party (YPP) including the African Democratic Congress (ADC), People's Redemption Party (PRP), Social Democratic Party (SDP), and eleven other parties registered with
24-557: The Independent National Electoral Commission . (Inferred date) These active (or recently active) parties are not currently registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission . After the 2019 elections , INEC deregistered 74 political parties for failing to "satisfy the requirements" of continued registration based on their poor performances during the elections. However, many of these parties are still organizationally active as
30-518: The Southwest Nigeria dominant Action Group of Chief Obafemi Awolowo . Some of the early leaders of the UMBC were Joseph Tarka , Akase Dowgo , David Lot , Patrick Dokotri, Edward Kundu Swem, Ahmadu Angara, Isaac Shaahu (Northern Assembly Opposition Leader), Solomon Lar , D. Bulus Biliyong, D.D. Dimka, V.T. Shisha, M.D. Iyorka, Ugba Uyeh and Vincent Igbarumun Orjime. The party adopted
36-599: Was an act to ensure an alternative minority voice in the Northern Nigeria Assembly which was dominated by the Northern People's Congress, a political party which the central Nigerian leaders felt had the potential to curb the middle belt's political voice. The UMBC in due time, became the Third largest opposition party in the Northern Nigeria Assembly. In 1958, the UMBC entered into an alliance with
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