Northern People's Congress

{{short description|Political party in Nigeria}}

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| name = Northern People's Congress

| native_name = {{native name|ha|Jamiyaar Mutanen Arewa}}

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| Formed By = Alhaji Tafawa Balewa, Sa'ad Zungur, Aminu Kano

| leader = Sir Ahmadu Bello

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| foundation = {{Start date|1943|06}}

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| country = Nigeria

| abbreviation = NPC

| dissolved = {{End date|df=yes|1966|01|16}}

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| successor = Arewa Consultative Forum

| position = Centre-right

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The Northern People's Congress (NPC) is a political party in Nigeria.{{Cite web|title=Northern People's Congress (NPC) - Oxford Islamic Studies Online|url=http://www.oxfordislamicstudies.com/article/opr/t125/e1773?_hi=0&_pos=5|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150603224021/http://www.oxfordislamicstudies.com/article/opr/t125/e1773?_hi=0&_pos=5|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 3, 2015|access-date=2020-09-06|website=www.oxfordislamicstudies.com}} Formed in June 1943, the party held considerable influence in the Northern Region from the 1950s until the military coup of 1966. It was formerly a cultural organization known as Jamiyaar Mutanen Arewa. After the Nigerian Civil War of 1967, the NPC subsequently became a minor party.Sklar R.L “Nigerian Political Parties: Power in an Emergent African Nation”, pp.381-383. Africa World Press, 2004