Demonstrate stronger integrity, accountability to achieve your mandate - Dr Agyeman-Rawlings urges EPA

The Minister of Environment, Science and Technology, Dr Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings, has urged the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) to demonstrate stronger integrity, transparency and accountability in the discharge of its regulatory duties to restore public confidence in the institution.

Expanded mandate The Chief Executive Officer of the EPA, Professor Nana Ama Browne Klutse, said the authority had intensified enforcement against environmental violations, particularly illegal and unregulated mining.

Working In an engagement with the management of the EPA at its head office in Accra today (Sept25), Dr Agyeman-Rawlings reminded the authority that protecting the environment required not only effective regulation but also active participation by citizens in protecting the environment.