National Conscience Party

{{Short description|Nationalist political party in Nigeria}} {{more citations needed|date=February 2019}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Use Nigerian English|date=July 2019}} {{Infobox political party | country = Nigeria | name = National Conscience Party | name_native = | logo = National_Conscience_Party_logo.png | logo_size = 250px | leader = | chairman = | leader1_title = National Chairman | leader1_name = Dr. Tanko Yinusa | leader2_title = | leader2_name = | foundation = 1994 | headquarters = Gwagwalada, Nigeria | newspaper = | ideology = Participatory democracy<ref>https://guardian.ng/politics/fawehinmi-a-champion-of-participatory-democracy-ncp/</ref> Socialism<ref>https://www.socialistalternative.org/nigeria/chapter-seven-the-national-conscience-party-ncp/</ref><ref>https://nnu.ng/why-members-of-delisted-ncp-merged-with-adc-in-lagos-ibu-owo/</ref><ref>https://nationalconscienceparty.wordpress.com/2018/09/22/2019-elections-vote-out-government-of-deceit-looting-and-godfatherism-in-lagos//</ref> | position = Left-wing<ref>https://csloh.substack.com/p/the-nigerian-left</ref> | youth_wing = | student_wing = | national = | international = | colours = | membership_year = | membership = | website = | colorcode = #000000 }}

The '''National Conscience Party''' (NCP) is a nationalist political party in Nigeria. The party formed in 1994. However, it was prevented from standing in elections until 2003, when it won a legal battle to be able to do so. In the presidential election of that year, the NCP candidate, Gani Fawehinmi, came fifth, polling 161,333 votes or 0.41% of the popular vote.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://africanelections.tripod.com/ng.html#2003_Presidential_Election | title=19 April 2003 Presidential Election | publisher=africanelections.tripod.com | accessdate=11 July 2019 }}</ref>

The party lost its electoral registration in 2020 as part of a larger wave in which the INEC deregistered a total of 72 parties.<ref>https://dailytrust.com/updated-inec-de-registers-kowa-okoties-party-72-others-full-list/</ref> In 2023 the party endorsed Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (Nigeria).<ref>https://www.nigeriainfo.fm/port-harcourt/news/homepage/2023-national-conscience-party-endorses-obi/</ref> In 2025 the NCP announced an alliance with the African Democratic Congress to present a joint opposition to the administration of Bola Tinubu.<ref>https://dailypost.ng/2025/11/18/2027-adc-ncp-form-alliance-vow-to-end-apcs-rule/</ref>

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