Dynamic Party was a Nigerian

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headed by the

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and erudite scholar

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. It was inaugurated in

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on April 7, 1951. The party embraced

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, and was cautious about the early movement towards self-government. The party was one of the first pre-independence parties to publish a well-organized manifesto. In its

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, it sought to contest the mad rush towards self-government by the Action Group, embrace cooperation with

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s and

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, promote national loyalty and improve communications in Nigerian divisions, starting from Esan,

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and Ekiti. Chike Obi summarized his views of Nigerian Kemalism as Some of the party's salient points included the recommendation and setting up of three military training schools and an 'institute of guerrilla warfare'. It also advocated the formation of a

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Republic made up of most of French, British, Spanish, and Portuguese West Africa, a West African '

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', and a defensive alliance with

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against South Africa.

References

*W. J. M. Mackenzie, Kenneth Robinson; Five Elections in Africa, Oxford University Press (1960). *Kalu Ezera; Constitutional Developments in Nigeria: An Analytical Study of Nigeria's Constitution-Making Developments and the Historical and Political Factors That Affected Constitutional Change, Cambridge at the University Press (1960). Related works
Ogbonnia, SKC, (2007). Political Party System and Effective Leadership in Nigeria: A Contingency Approach
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