Former Chairman of Ecobank Nigeria Limited and fellow, Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria, Dr. John Agboola Odeyemi, has advocated for massive job creation by government at all levels as the only antidote to the worsening security situation in the country.
Speaking shortly after a thanksgiving service marking his 82nd birthday anniversary at Saint Paul’s Anglican Church, Diocese of Ife (Church of Nigeria), Ayegbaju Ile Ife, Osun State, Odeyemi who expressed deep worry about the state of the nation, declared that this is the time radical decisions ought to be taken to address various challenges facing the nation.
Odeyemi, who was also a former National President of the Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines, and Agriculture (NACCIMA), explained that if the decision would lead to inflation in the country, there was no cause for alarm stressing that massive jobs creation would save the country from many challenges weighing down the nation especially
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President Muhammadu Buhari has urged members of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) to buy into current reforms undertaken by his administration and provide support in the area of policy formulation with a view to improving the nation’s fiscal condition.
Buhari made the appeal in Abuja Tuesday at the 50th annual accountants’ conference where he was represented by the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed.
The federal government, he stated, has been fostering and nurturing enduring relationships with professional bodies such as ICAN towards the realisation of its vision of managing the nation’s finances in an open, transparent, accountable and efficient manner that delivers on the country’s development priorities.
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The Managing Director of the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation, NDIC, Bello Hassan, has charged professional auditors who are members of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria, ICAN, to uphold the core values of accuracy and integrity.
He gave the charge while receiving an ICAN delegation led by Council member, Mrs Sofura Seghosime, at the NDIC head office in Abuja.
The Director, Communication & Public Affairs Department, NDIC, Mr. Bashir Nuhu, quoted the NDIC boss in a statement as saying that ICAN members needed integrity to earn public respect and confidence.
Hassan explained that both the NDIC and Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) relied on the works of third parties, including external auditors and reporting accountants in the Risk-Based Supervision (RBS) of deposit taking institutions.