{"id":11985,"date":"2022-03-09T21:09:11","date_gmt":"2022-03-09T21:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/nup-to-contest-4-seats"},"modified":"2022-03-09T21:51:53","modified_gmt":"2022-03-09T21:51:53","slug":"nup-to-contest-4-seats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/nup-to-contest-4-seats","title":{"rendered":"NUP to contest 4 seats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span>The National Unity Party has announced it will contest four constituencies in the coming National Assembly elections. A statement from the party yesterday said after going through a rigorous process of scrutinising applicants for the country\u2019s legislature, the NUP has approved the following names to contest on the party\u2019s ticket in the parliamentary elections: Prof. Yerro Mballow- Upper Fulladu West, Ousman D. 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