The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) has interdicted two of its officers over allegations of fraud, document alteration, impersonation, and the forgery of the CEO’s signature.
The two officers (names withheld) are accused of unlawfully reproducing an official document bearing the forged signature of the Authority’s Chief Executive Officer, Prof. Nana Ama Browne Klutse, and deliberately altering its content. Their alleged actions redirected proponents to an unauthorized location instead of the designated reception area.
According to the original document, sighted by 3news.com, the EPA had instructed proponents to report to the Head Office at Ministries, Accra, specifically, rooms 404 or 405, within 48 hours for discussions with the backroom staff on the detailed processes of regularizing their operations.
However, the alleged forged document, reportedly issued by the two officers, redirected proponents to “the EPA Head Office, Room B13” instead, misleading stakeholders about the official process. A leaked internal memo, signed by Prof. Nana Ama Browne Klutse, described their actions as “an egregious misrepresentation of official authority, amounting to forgery, abuse of office, and a fundamental breach of fiduciary duty.”
Credit: 3NEWS