Wednesday 17 April 2013

Governor Jonah Jang

College produces 5,160 postgraduate accountants


The training arm of the Association of National Accountants of Nigeria, the Nigerian College of Accountancy, produced 5,160 postgraduate accountants during the 2010/2011 and 2011/2012 sessions, a statement by the association has said.
The statement quoted the ANAN President, Hajia Maryam Ibrahim, as revealing this at the 5th convocation ceremony of the college at its permanent site at Kwall, near Jos, the Plateau State capital.
Ibrahim, who described the college as a post-graduate professional accountancy college modelled to advance the science of accountancy, explained that the association decided on the training of professionals to ensure the “proper blend of knowledge and skills”.
She stressed the need to train accountants that had analytical minds to address issues as they arose and not only look at mechanical issues.
“There is no doubt that with the growth of knowledge and the principle-based accounting standards, the work of an accountant shall cease to be the routine debt and credit,’’ Ibrahim said.
She added that to ensure that the graduates of the college met “high expectations”, only people with a minimum of HND or B.Sc. were admitted – as they were the kind of individuals that could withstand the rigours of the training.
She told guests at the ceremony that with a modest beginning at a temporary site, within the last five years, the college could boast of facilities that could give adequate training to at least 3,000 candidates at a time.
Ibrahim appealed to governments, corporate organisations, especially the World Bank, international donor agencies and all lovers of education to support the development of the college.
According to her, the urgent needs of the institution are: a 200 work station ICT Centre, E-library and an administrative block.
The college, she said, had in place six hostel blocks of 26 rooms, examination/administration office; restaurant, generator house, a shopping complex, network of roads, walkways, and water supply; facelift of college gate; furnishing of two multi-purpose halls and attached offices.
In terms of security, she said, the association had built a police station within the vicinity of the college and donated same to the Nigeria Police Force.
Stressing that the development of the permanent site should not be perceived as an ANAN project, but a Nigerian project, she explained that the efforts being made by ANAN was assisting the government in reducing poverty and creating jobs for not less than 10,000 Nigerians.
Ibrahim, who disclosed that ANAN now belonged to the International Federation of Accountants, International Association of Accounting Education and Research, and Xtensible Business Reporting Language Incorporated, urged graduands to push for accountability, transparency and fight corruption in all its ramifications.
While also noting that the association belonged to Pan African Federation of Accountants, Association of Accounting Bodies in West Africa and the Association of Professional Bodies of Nigeria, she thanked the founders of the association for the vision. She also thanked the Plateau State Government for its support over time.
“We appreciate the Plateau State Governor, Dr. Jonah Jang, for awarding the contract for the construction of the road that passes by the college permanent site – the Rukuba-Mango-Farin Lamba Road,’’ she said.
The Plateau Governor, who was represented by the Commissioner for Finance, said the state government appreciated the good works of the president of the association going by her leadership qualities and urged her and her team to keep up the good works.
Jang said, “ANAN is moving toward becoming an international accounting college.’’
He added that locaing the college in the state was an honour for the government and the people of Plateau State.

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