Former President Olusegun Obasanjo and Governor Akinwumi
Ambode of Lagos State are among the eminent personalities that will be honoured
with the 2017 Merit Award of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria
on Friday in Lagos.
According to a statement by the institute on Sunday,
Obasanjo is the sole winner of the award in the non-members’ category, while
Ambode, Prof. Rufus Akintoye of Babcock University, Prof. Isa Dandago of Bayero
University and Dr. Peter Obadan, a former deputy governor of Edo State, will
receive the award in the members’ category
The institute listed Bank of Industry,
PriceWaterHouseCoopers and the Federal Inland Revenue Services as winners of
the 2017 Merit Award in the corporate body category.
“These distinguished Nigerians and organisations will be
honoured for their immense contributions to the development of the accountancy
profession, ICAN and the nation at the 2017 Annual Dinner and Awards of the
institute scheduled for April 28 in Lagos, “ the statement read.
Obasanjo is expected to also deliver a keynote address at
the occasion
Established by the Act of Parliament Number 15 of 1965, ICAN
is a founding member of the International Federation of Accountants, Pan
African Federation of Accountants and the Association of Accountancy Bodies in
West Africa.
The institute is empowered to set standards of knowledge and
skills to be attained by persons seeking to become members of the accountancy
profession in Nigeria.
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