This is in view of section 89 of the Constitution and section 42 of the Elections Act.
The nomination of candidates for the elections will last for nine days – from 5th to 13th March 2022 and between the hours of 8 o'clock in the morning and 4 o'clock in the afternoon at the respective Regional Offices in Banjul, Kanifing, Brikama, Kerewan, Mansakonko, Janjangbureh and Basse.
The party of the incumbent President Adama Barrow – the National People’s Party (NPP) is expected to contest 40 out of 53 seats. APRC will vie for seven seats in a way of tactical alliance with the NPP.
The UDP had earlier announced it will contest all the seats in National Assembly Elections.
Personnel of the Drug Law Enforcement Agency The Gambia (DLEAG) have a arrested a taxi driver in the Kanifing Municipality with suspected cannabis. The suspect, narcotics officers said has been involved in transporting suspected cannabis, The Point has learned.
Operatives of the Drug Law Enforcement Agency, The Gambia (DLEAG) have made a major breakthrough as narcotic officers advanced a “historic” seizure of 502 cannabis resin blocks, with three suspects currently under arrest; The Point has been reliably informed.
Commissioner General Yankuba Darboe has cautioned his staff not to compromise integrity, ethics and professionalism in the due execution of their duties as revenue collectors.
Chief inspector Cherno Bah of The Gambia Police Force has said that pornography is becoming a rising issue in the county especially around the industrial area.
