Accountants have to be alert always –ICAN President, Tijjani Isa

BABATUNDE TUGBOBOaccountants choose the profession because they are good with numbers. Was that also the case for you?

Speaking broadly, the challenge with professional education in Nigeria stems from the multiplicity of professional associations. The nation’s legislature and the executive must realise the danger of the proliferation of professional bodies, especially in the accounting profession. ICAN has made its position on this subject known at different fora. The institute’s certification process has been tested for many decades.

Public universities were shut down for months due to a strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities. As a member of the governing council of the Federal University Lafia, what do you make of the lecturers’ demands and the government’s failure to meet them, considering that the issues at stake have been unresolved for many years?

It is widely believed that some bigwigs in the country evade paying taxes, yet they go unpunished. As a federal commissioner in the Federal Tax Appeal Tribunal, what efforts are being made to ensure that more people pay their taxes promptly? Please, be reminded that at that time, everything was analogue. As an officer trainee, we were prepared to work as bank officials and to be versatile. We were therefore exposed to all aspects of banking operations — from cashiering to preparation of loan application documents and the ‘waste’. The waste was like a daily trial balance of the branches.

Nigeria is believed to have a lot of potential. From your point of view as an accountant, what do you think are the factors stunting the country’s growth towards prosperity for the majority?

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