GST201 NIGERIAN PEOPLES AND CULTURE The Igbo domination within the party brought in a feeling of resentment. The true nationalist spirit started giving way to tribal interest.
On this note, the Action Group (AG) was founded in 1948
by Obafemi Awolowo to defend the interest of the Yoruba. A year later (1949) the Northern peoples Congress (NPC) was formed by Mallam Aminu Kano and Mallam Abubakar Tafawa Balewa to defend the interests of the Northerners. There is no doubt that the establishment of these tribal oriented political organizations turned out to be strong centrifugal forces against Nigerian unity. According to Olusanya (1980:568) with the formation
of the AG and the NPC, ethnic nationalism and regional divisions triumphed over the forces
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