ICAN to Establish Liaison Office in Maiduguri.

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) is to set up a Liaison office in Maiduguri as part of its efforts to take accounting education, and practice to the nooks and crannies of the country.

The 55th President Mazi Nnamdi Okwuadigbo, FCA said this last week when he paid a courtesy call on the Governor of Borno State Professor Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum at the Government House Maiduguri. He said the liaison office would be accommodated at the proposed ICAN Centre to be built in Maiduguri on a large piece of land donated by the State Government.

The Centre which is expected to be completed within the next 12 months at an estimated cost of N100 million would also “house training facilities for would-be Chartered Accountants in the State including a District office of ICAN, Lecture Halls, Library, Meeting Room and 500-Seater Hall” to bring ICAN closer to the people of Borno State and the North East in general.

The Centre is expected to “greatly improve the level of preparedness of candidates and enhance their performance at ICAN examinations”, Mazi Okwuadigbo explained. The ICAN President said the Institute was ready to partner with the Borno State Government in building capacity for its public service personnel especially in accounting, tax and revenues generation strategies.

In his response Professor Zulum said his government was ready to partner with credible organizations for the benefit of Borno people. The governor identified human capital development, public finance management, revenue generation and forensic auditing, as some of the areas where the State need assistance. He promised that relevant personnel of the State Government would be sponsored to attend ICAN professional programmes including conferences, workshops and other training courses to improve their performance on the job.