{"id":28153,"date":"2023-01-20T11:37:56","date_gmt":"2023-01-20T11:37:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/npp-opens-applications-for-candidate-selection"},"modified":"2023-01-20T12:06:42","modified_gmt":"2023-01-20T12:06:42","slug":"npp-opens-applications-for-candidate-selection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/npp-opens-applications-for-candidate-selection","title":{"rendered":"NPP opens applications for candidate selection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>The National People\u2019s Party (NPP) yesterday announced that applications for the party\u2019s sponsorship for councilors, chairpersons and mayors for the coming local government elections, are open.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The party said those interested to contest for the party\u2019s ticket in any of the positions can do so from 17th to 24th January.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cApplicants for Ward Councilors are to submit their application to their respective NPP Ward Chairperson, while applicants for Mayor and or Area Council Chairperson are to submit their applications to their respective NPP Regional Chairperson.<\/p>\n<p>All applications must be accompanied by a copy of a valid voter\u2019s card of the area of residence where the prospective candidate wishes to contest. All applicants must satisfy the constitutional and electoral law requirements to be eligible for election,\u201d the party said.<\/p>\n<p>The following Wards are to be filled by NPP, APRC and NRP:<\/p>\n<p>(1 )Banjul: all Wards are to be filled by NPP<\/p>\n<p>(2)KM: all ward except Abuko, Bundung 6 Junction, Tallinding North, Ebo Town and Kotu\/Manjai Ward which will be for APRC candidates.<\/p>\n<p>3)West Coast Region (WCR)<\/p>\n<p>APRC will fill all Fon\u0303i Wards except : Sintet Ward and Bantanjang Ward to be filled by NPP.<\/p>\n<p>APRC will fill:<\/p>\n<p>Kunkujang<\/p>\n<p>Jabang<\/p>\n<p>Lamin<\/p>\n<p>Pirang while<\/p>\n<p>NPP will fill the rest of the Wards in WCR.<\/p>\n<p>(4) NBR: NPP will fill all the Wards.<\/p>\n<p>(5) CRR North :<\/p>\n<p>NRP will fill: Nianija, Njau, Kaur and Panchang Wards and NPP will fill in the rest.<\/p>\n<p>(6) CRR South : NPP will fill in all the Wards<\/p>\n<p>(7) URR: NPP will fill in all the Wards and<\/p>\n<p>(8) LRR: NPP will fill in all the Wards.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\">Gambia<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. The National People\u2019s Party (NPP) yesterday announced that applications for the party\u2019s sponsorship for councilors, chairpersons and mayors for the coming local government elections, are open. The party said those interested to contest for the party\u2019s ticket in any of the positions can do so from 17th to 24th January. \u201cApplicants for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":28152,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7,10],"tags":[2355,2361,260],"class_list":["post-28153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-parties","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-gambia","tag-gambia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>NPP opens applications for candidate selection - Gambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The National People\u2019s Party (NPP) yesterday announced that applications for the party\u2019s sponsorship for councilors, c ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/npp-opens-applications-for-candidate-selection\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"NPP opens applications for candidate selection\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The National People\u2019s Party (NPP) yesterday announced that applications for the party\u2019s sponsorship for councilors, c ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/npp-opens-applications-for-candidate-selection\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Gambia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-01-20T11:37:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-01-20T12:06:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2023\/01\/postQueueImg_1674202119.87.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1068\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/npp-opens-applications-for-candidate-selection#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/npp-opens-applications-for-candidate-selection\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"NPP opens applications for candidate selection\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-01-20T11:37:56+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-01-20T12:06:42+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/npp-opens-applications-for-candidate-selection\"},\"wordCount\":283,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/npp-opens-applications-for-candidate-selection#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2023\/01\/postQueueImg_1674202119.87.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Gambia\",\"Gambia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"head lines\",\"parties\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/npp-opens-applications-for-candidate-selection#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/npp-opens-applications-for-candidate-selection\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/npp-opens-applications-for-candidate-selection\",\"name\":\"NPP opens applications for candidate selection - 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