Pulse News On The Go - 22nd March, 2016

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3 S.A ex-police officers were training party's security - NPP The opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) has explained that the three former South African police officers arrested for allegedly training a group of young men on weapon handling among others were working for the party. Deputy Communications Director of the NPP, Perry Okudzeto, told Pulse.com.gh that the three were training security guards for the New Patriotic Party’s presidential candidate, Nana Akufo-Addo, and his running mate Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia. The Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) arrested three South African ex-police officers in the Central region over their alleged involvement in activities which could derail the security of the country. 45% of Africans had no access to clean water in 2015 Almost half of Africans go without enough clean water for home use, and a majority have to leave their compounds in order to access water, according to new findings from Afrobarometer. In observance of World Water Day, new findings from Afrobarometer’s Round 6 surveys in 36 African countries give voice to citizens who call on their governments to address inadequate water supply and sanitation as a top priority. Zanetor's plea thrown out An Accra High court has thrown out a motion for the dismissal of the case challenging the eligibility of the NDC elected parliamentary candidate for the Klottey Korle constituency Dr Zanetor Rawlings. According to the court, the motion was also premature at this stage of the trial and also lacked merit.Today's ruling is the second set back to Dr. Zanetor Rawlings to quickly bring the matter to an end as a similar motion was also dismissed for the same reasons a couple of weeks ago. Ghana buys Easter power from Ivory Coast Ghana is to import power form Ivory Coast to augment its power supply following the shutdown of the FPSO Kwame Nkrumah and reduction in gas supply from the West African Gas Pipeline Company (WAPCo). Officials of Volta River Authority (VRA) and the power ministry were in Ivory Coast over the weekend to negotiate for extra power supply. The Chief Executive Officer of the VRA, Kirk Coffie, said Ivory Coast is willing to help and that over the weekend, they gave Ghana enough power.