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APC

APC

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A major Nigerian political party formed in 2013
  • proper noun
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  • Sankoh invaded Sierra Leone from Liberia in March 1991 with every intention of ending the 24-year rule of the All People's Council (APC).
  • Peoples' Congress (APC)
  • Congress (APC)

And that right there is one of the reasons that APC is so great.

Examples

  • The outcome of these elections will define the future of the country, and voting APC will pay tribute to the man whose initiative to pick up the pieces after the people were left to suffer and abandoned by the very SLPP, who are now asking for another shot at power again, has paid off.

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  • And that right there is one of the reasons that APC is so great.

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  • Also, there is no announced agreement on who would qualify to participate in the APC.

    Academic text (1991)

  • Following a national referendum in 1978, the APC became the sole political party in Sierra Leone until overthrown by a coup in 1992.

    Academic text (2007)

  • According to the APC, plans to establish additional programs are currently underway.

  • Garba Shehu, director of publicity for the APC presidential campaign, said in an e-mail.

  • Many citizens in Nigeria support the APC for its promises of economic reforms.

Surface Forms

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Morphology

APC = all + progressive + congress (opaque) = A + P + C

The expanded party name is a compositional phrase whose parts are individually interpretable. [Postprocessing: changed transparency from 'transparent' to 'semi-transparent' for abbreviation]

Etymology

APC comes from All Progressives Congress, the full name of a Nigerian political party formed when several groups joined together. So APC is the name used for that major party in Nigeria.