The most hotly contested chairperson/mayoral elections this country has ever witnessed has been concluded in quite a similar pattern to the councillor elections held in mid-April. The results have once again consigned the ruling National People’s Party (NPP) to the provinces, with the United Democratic Party (UDP) demonstrating its dominance[Read More…]
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Gambia: NPP’s Bakary Badjie Congratulates Mayor Bensouda
Dear Mayor Elect Talib Ahmed Bensouda, Please receive my warmest congratulations on your victory in the recently concluded KM Mayoral election. It was an intense and very closely contested race. However, your triumph is a testament of faith the people of KM have entrusted in you. While I am naturally[Read More…]
NPP Will Outdo Opposition Parties, Claims Minister Sillah
Gambia’s Minister for Transport, Works and Infrastructure, Ebrima Sillah, has claimed that the governing National People’s Party (NPP) would win in any election, even if the opposition parties’ votes are combined. “As far as the NPP is concerned, we have done everything within our means as part of preparations concerned[Read More…]