Pulse News On The Go - 23rd March, 2016

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Police have deployed anti-terrorist squad to Kwahu in the Eastern region to maintain peace and order during the Easter celebration following recent terror attacks in neighbouring countries.
The Director of Public Affairs for the Ghana Police Service, Superintendent Cephas Arthur said adequate security measures have been put in place to ensure an incident-free Easter. He further called on the public to be extra vigilant in order to make the work of the police easier.
 
Officials of the South African High Commission have concluded their first round of investigations of the three South African police officers arrested for allegedly training a group of young men on weapon handling among others.
The Commission interrogated the three early Wednesday morning, with the information gathered being sent to the South African security agencies in Pretoria for further investigations.
Meanwhile, the NPP said the three do not pose any threat to Ghana's security as they are here to train security guards for the party.
 
Four Senior high schools have been accused of embezzling over 80 million ghana  cedis GH¢80,906.23 in revenue in suspected fraud. According to the auditor general's report released in 2016, the fraud involved unauthorized insertions on cheques to withdraw cash from school accounts, manipulation of official receipts to conceal fees collected and outright dissipation of cash withdrawals
The Schools are Presby Senior High School, Obrachire Senior High Technical School, St. Charles Minor Seminary and Karaga Senior High School.
 
Fifteen more companies have tendered in their bids for a concessional partnership with the Electricity Company of Ghana, in addition to the 33 who already  tendered in a bid in 2015.
This brings up to 42 the total number of companies battling for to take over some essential parts of ECG's operations.
Companies have tendered in bids from the United States of America, South Africa, United Kingdom (UK), France, Lebanon, India, Nigeria, Philippines, Turkey, Canada, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Ireland, Israel and Thailand.

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