The Police Academy Gets MCATI Accreditation

The Institute has signed the Mutual Cooperation Agreement with Tertiary Institutions (MCATI) with the Police Academy, Wudil, Kano, a degree awarding institution for the Nigerian Police Force.

This means POLAC will deepen the standards of learning and dissemination of knowledge of Accounting in the college by using the integrated accounting curriculum of ICAN, National Universities Commission (NUC) and National Board for Technical Education (NBTE).

Signing on behalf of the Institute at the college ground in Kano last week, ICAN President, Dame Onome Joy Adewuyi FCA explained that accounting programmes of the college from entry level to graduation would henceforth be moderated by ICAN to ensure they maintain the right professional standard in terms of course depth, teaching and examination. To this end, an ICAN technical team would regularly visit the institutions to monitor the accounting programmes to ensure they are in accordance with the terms of the agreement.

“Accounting graduates from the institutions would be granted 10 subject exemptions as against seven 7 subjects exemption under the normal lCAN accreditation scheme”, she explained.

The President noted that MCATl was one of the Institute’s proactive measures to ensure that individuals seeking to become chartered accountants acquire the knowledge, professional skills and competence required to protect the public interest in a rapidly changing business environment.

In his remarks at the signing ceremony, the Commandant of the Police Academy, Assistant Inspector General (AIG) Ibrahim Zanna thanked ICAN for the accreditation. He called for the recognition of accounting graduates of the college as specialist cadets officers to be posted to Budget & Planning Departments, the Economic & Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (lCPC) and other relevant agencies due to their specialized financial training.