ICAN certifies more members with IFRS skills

               The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) has certified about 30 members with the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) Certification.

    15 members were certified for the Forensic Accountant of Nigeria and Financial and Information Technology Consultant respectively. Speaking at the occasion of the Faculties Joint Induction Ceremonies for the 2015 Forensic Accounting; IFRS and Consultancy and Information Technology Certification training programmes, ICAN President, Otunba Olufemi Deru, said that the Faculties were created by the Council in 2001 as part of strategies to address the post-qualification specialisation needs of members in response to market demand. According to him, “Over the years, the institute has been producing chartered accountants who have diverse competencies in the practice of audit, taxation, insolvency, corporate finance, financial advisory services, secretariat services, public finance, information technology amongst others.

            Chairman, Board of Audit, Investigation and Forensic Accounting Faculty, Mr. Francis Medessou said “There is a need for more chartered accountants especially those trained as forensic accountants with skills to investigate financial crime and produce reliable and credible reports with which they will report the evidence that will facilitate judicial decisions on matters of fraud and financial and economic crimes.”