The pioneer president of the Action Group was

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The Action Group (AG) was one of the major political parties in Nigeria's First Republic. It was founded in 1951, and its pioneer president (leader) was Chief Obafemi Awolowo. The party drew its primary support from the Yoruba people of Western Nigeria, though it also sought to attract members from other regions.

Under Awolowo's leadership, the Action Group championed free primary education, free healthcare, and modernisation of the Western Region. The party controlled the Western Region government from 1954 until the political crisis of 1962.

The other individuals listed were leaders of different political parties:

• Nnamdi Azikiwe was the leader of the National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons (NCNC), which had its strongest support in the Eastern Region.
• Samuel Akintola was a prominent member of the Action Group who later broke away to form the Nigerian National Democratic Party (NNDP) during the 1962 crisis in the Western Region.
• Anthony Enahoro was a notable Action Group member famous for moving the motion for Nigeria's independence in 1953, but he was not the party's president.