By Ibrahim Khalil
Saidu Musa Bala on Sunday sworn in as 43rd Chairman,, Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria, ICAN Kano and District Society.
In his acceptance speech, after his investiture, the New Chairman of Kano ICAN said Kano and entire Business Community will benefit from his leadership, stressing that he is aware of the situation of Accountants and Accountancy profession in Kano.
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He maintained that Kano is Commercial nerve centre of Northern Nigeria, however lamenting that a lot of Bussiness is failling every day and according to him is not unconnected to lack professionalism and good acountant in the field.
“Any business organization that is succeeding or making progress will undoubtedly have a Chartered Accountant attached to it,”
In our effort to move ICAN in Kano forward we intend to do a mass awareness campaign on media both print, broadcast and online platform.
“It is significant for public to understand about the importance of Accountant and Accountancy profession.” He emphasised.
The 43rd ICAN Kano and District Society, Mr. Sa’idu Musa Bala further stressed the need to promoting accounting education among students by leveraging his wealth of experience.
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In his speech, the National President of ICAN, Chief Davidson Alaribe said the Institute has 70 Districts across the country, noting that Kano and District Society is one of the vibrants in the country.
Represented by Nasir Muhammad a Council Member representing Northwest of the Institute extolled the new chairman and urged him to use his wealthy of experiences to develop ICAN in Kano.
Speaking as a guest speaker, through his paper presentation, with the Title, ‘Spirituality and Godliness in Accounting Practice’ Professor. Kabiru Isa Dandago PhD, FCA Department of Accounting, Bayero University Kano, highlighted that, more than ever before, Nigeria needs to have all practicing accountants and accounting officers of various public and private sector organizations vaccinated with SAV so that the wealth of the country could be protected against the high level fraudulent practices going on in the country.
He noted that there would hardly be any fraud occurrence in any public or private sector organization, without some tacit approval or connivance of internal or external accounting expert.
“A spiritually vaccinated accountant would be prepared at any given time to stand before God and raise his/her hand to say: ‘Lord my hands are clean, as i discharged my duties ethically’. This is the type of accountant Nigeria needs, all over the place, for ensuring sustainable economic growth and development in the country.”
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“For now, most practicing accountants, and accounting officers to various organizations, if they are to appear before God to account for how they practiced the principles of ethics in the discharge of their duties, they may only be diplomatic (if that is possible) to say: ‘Lord i wanted to be ethical in the discharge of my duties, but my hands were tied’! To be a good accountant in the hereafter, you must be spiritually guided and be Godly in the discharge of your accounting duties in the organization where you serve as an accountant, auditor, financial adviser, tax adviser, etc.” Prof. Dandago added.
The Executive Committee Members of Kano and District Society of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN):
1. Saidu Musa Bala FCA, Chairman
2. Hadiza Gambo ACA, Vice Chairman
3. Jamilu Abdullahi Daihur ACA, Deputy Vice Chairman
4. Tijjani Habibu Ahmad FCA, General Secretary
5. Kabiru Auwal Sallau ACA, Treasurer
6. Najib Muhammad Lawan ACA, Membership Secretary.
7. Aisha Ibrahim Audu FCA, Financial Secretary
8. Deborah Etusi Ihenakaram ACA, Technical Secretary
9. Mohammed Rasaq FCA, Assistant General Secretary
10. Moses Eigbokhan ACA, Social/Welfare Secretary
11. Habibu Ayuba ACA, Immediate Past District
12. Salisu Haruna FCA, Ex Officio I
13. Dr Abubakar Umar Farouk FCA, Ex Officio II
14. Hauwa Umar FCA, SWAN Chairperson.
