The report of the Resource Verification assessment carried out by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria was received a week prior to the commencement of the first semester examinations last April 2022. The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. OYELANA Olatunji, made this known while addressing some students who just returned from their semester holiday on Wednesday 27th April 2022 at the University Law Auditorium. The University received the official pronouncement through a letter from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria of its approval and induction of our great University as an affiliate member institution.
Prof. OYELANA, Olatunji further reiterates the implication and benefits of this new status which was conferred on the University as an affiliate of ICAN while taking questions from the students. He affirmed that the Accounting students automatically become registered members of the ICAN Institute, and are strategically positioned to partake and benefit from quality professional services, training, and scholarships. This synergy between our great University and ICAN will afford our students the services of members of the Institute who are professional Accountants, for training and academic advisory purposes.
The Vice-Chancellor further explains that the Accounting curriculum will further be enhanced and enriched through ICAN’s joint review of our courses to ensure students are provided with the right quality exposure and experiences essential for their future careers as professional accountants. The ICAN Institute equally donated major accounting books, journals, and periodicals to the University library to boost our library holdings, and this will provide our students with quality reference materials.
This early exposure to Accounting principles and practices and ICAN certification upon graduation will provide our Accounting graduates a competitive edge in the labour market and a step ahead of their peers, as espoused by the Vice-Chancellor.
The University Bursar, Mr. Chinedu Ezeh who is also a member of the Institute, and a Chartered Accountant by profession was at hand to jointly receive the report of the Institute with the Vice-Chancellor. He expresses the appreciation of the Management and that of the Chancellor, Chief Christopher Ikechi Ezeh, MFR to the officials of the Institute for their astuteness in ensuring and sustaining the mandate of the Institute over the years and for the membership status accorded to our great University.
