Adewuyi said globally, there are situations that interestingly create threats and opportunities.
She said with the induction, the new members have become part of the over three million accountants globally under the umbrella of the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC).
“You are also affiliated with the Chartered Accountants Worldwide (CAW), through your membership of ICAN,” she added.
CAW is a global network of over 750,000 Chartered Accountants in over 180 countries.
The Special Guest of Honour and Past President of ICAN, Chidi Ajaegbu, said: “The certification process prepares you for the challenge you will face in the field.
“You must become an entrepreneur if you want a comfortable life and you have the right foundation,” he told the inductees.
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Some events witnessed in the country in the past few months suggest that public accountability in Nigeria can draw parallel to the protests in US and elsewhere with the slogan “black life matters”. But in our case, the slogan should be “public accountability’s life matters”. This is because public accountability has long been and continues to be treated as if it should not exist in our public sector, meaning its life does not matter. By the way, I ask whether anybody cares about the existence of public accountability in our public sector.
In a layman’s language, Scapens in 1985 defined accountability as the “giving and demanding of reasons for conduct” Another accountability researcher, Joannides tells us that accountability can be understood as a requirement to give an account of oneself and of one’s activities. Therefore, public accountability is expected of any public office holder. These public offices include parastatals, public interest entities, local, stat
Innocent Okwuosa argues for the engagement of more accountants to enhance public accountability
Some events witnessed in the country in the past few months suggest that public accountability in Nigeria can draw parallel to the protests in US and elsewhere with the slogan “black life matters”. But in our case the slogan should be “public accountability’s life matters”. This is because public accountability has long been and continues to be treated as if it should not exist in our public sector, meaning its life does not matter. By the way, I ask whether anybody cares about the existence of public accountability in our public sector.
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The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) yesterday unveiled its 2019 Accountability Index (ICAN-AI) Report which showed that Kaduna State maintained its previous year’s ranking as the best state in terms of accountability in the country.
Enugu State emerged the second best state in terms of accountability in the 2019 index, which was an improvement from the seventh position the state attained the previous year. Enugu state was closely followed by Jigawa, Niger, Kwara, Plateau, Kogi, Kano, Ondo states, in that order.
Presenting the report during a hybrid event, ICAN’s Chairman Steering Committee, Zakaria Muhammed, said Kaduna emerged the best state in terms of accountability with 72.7 percent; Enugu with 58.2 percent and Jigawa with 55.9 percent.