ACN 1

Action Congress of Nigeria
All Progressives Congress
ChairmanChief Bisi Akande
Secretary-GeneralLawal Shuaibu
Founded2006
Headquarters16 Bissau Street, Wuse, Zone 6, Abuja
Ideology Classical liberalism
ColoursGreen, black, white
Position in national political spectrum Progressivism
Seats in the Senate
18 / 109
Seats in the House
74 / 360
Governorships
6 / 36
Website
http://www.acnigeria.com
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TheAction Congress of Nigeria(ACN), formerly known as Action Congress (AC), [ 1 ]is a classical liberal Nigerian political partyformed via the merger of the Alliance for Democracy, theJustice Party, the Advance Congress of  Democrats, and several other minor political parties in September 2006. The party controls Lagos. It is regarded as a natural successor to the progressive politics more closely associated with Action Groupand UPNled by Chief Obafemi  Awolowoin the First and Second Republics respectively. However, criticism of the party's more pragmatic and less ideological political outlook associated with AG and UPN, has made many argue it is less of a worthy political heir. The Party has strong presence in the South West (5 Governors, 15 Senators and 6 State Houses), Mid-West (1 Governor) and North Central Regions (3 Senators). Lagos, Edo, Ekiti, Kogi, Ondo, Bauchi, Plateau, Niger, Adamawa, Oyoand Osunstates by far accounts for majority of the party's presence and discernable power base.
In February 2013 the party announced plans to merge with the Congress for Progressive  Change(CPC), the All Nigeria  Peoples Party(ANPP), and a faction of All Progressives Grand Alliance(APGA) to form the All Progressives Congress. [ 2 ]
2006
The party was formed in 2006 in order to form a larger political opposition to the federally-dominant centrist People's  Democratic Partyand the Northern-based All Nigeria  Peoples Party. On May 12, 2006, the provisional officers of the party (most of whom carried their seats from the Alliance for Democracy) were replaced at the Kaduna convention by ballot; Bisi  Akandesucceeded Hassan M. Zurmi as National Chairman, and Bashir Dalhatu replaced Bumi Omoseyindemi as National Secretary.
2007
The party ran Vice President Atiku  Abubakar, who defected from the People's Democratic Party, as its presidential candidate in the 2007 presidential election. Abubakar was disqualified from the election by the Independent National Electoral Commission, but the disqualification was later overturned by the Supreme Court. [ 3 ]Currently, the party's most prominent elected official is governor Babatunde Fasholaof Lagos State. Also very prominent in the party is the political brain behind the party, Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu, the former Governor of Lagos State and