National Unity Party cleared by IEC after shelling out one million dalasis – as former civil service chief Ousman Jammeh emerges as its leader

National Unity Party has been declared by the Independent Electoral Commission as a ‘duly registered bonafide’ political party in the country.

The IEC on Monday informed the general public NUP was duly registered having met the requirements for registration under section 105 of the Elections Act 2009, as amended.

An IEC official told The Fatu Network the leader of the party is former secretary general Ousman Jammeh.

The party was registered after paying the one million dalasis fee.