Environmental Clearance Certificates (ECC)

Environmental Clearance Certification is vulnerable to corruption: Auditor General

Environmental Clearance Certification is vulnerable to corruption: Auditor General

Erasmus Shalihaxwe Namibia’s Auditor General Junias Kandjeke has warned that the Information System used to control, review and approve Environmental Clearance Certificates (ECC) in the Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism are not effective in avoiding the risk of fraud and corruption either internally or externally. “There are weak controls in place regarding granting and revoking access rights, system password length and complexities, segregation of duties, change of management on the IT system, back-up policies and user access rights,” said Kandjeke. This is contained in the Environmental Impact Assessments, Environmental Management Plans and Environmental Clearance Certificates within the Ministry of…
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