New ICAN president gives recipe for personal dev

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BY GBENGA ARIYIBI ADO-EKITI — Former President of the Nigeria Bar Association, NBA, Chief Rotimi Akeredolu, SAN, has blamed former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, for not immotalizing acclaimed winner of June 12, 1993 Presidential election annulled by General Ibrahim Babangida, Chief Moshood Kasimawo Abiola, saying Abiola “is greater in grave than Obasanjo.” Speaking at the commemoration of the 18 years anniversary of the June 12 organised by the Ekiti State Government, in Ado-Ekiti, Chief Akeredolu argued that Obasanjo being a major beneficiary of June 12  fallout,  did every thing he could to erase June 12 from the mind of Nigerians. “Obasanjo betrayed June 12 and was a beneficiary, he betrayed the struggle and worked assiduously against it and he spat on the river that cleanse him, now MKO has towered above Obasanjo and his cohorts”Akeredolu stated At the lecture with the theme:“June 12 And Electoral Integrity in Nigeria’’ Akeredolu condemned the role played by the military headed by General Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida, describing it as “treasonable” to have annulled the most credible election ever conducted in the country since her independence, saying “all those people who collaborated with the military are all culpable.” In his remarks, Ekiti state governor, Dr

By TAYE OBATERU
Jos—The newly- elected 47th President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria,ICAN, Professor Francis Ojaide, has described hard work, diligence and dedication to service at all levels of commitment and the fear of God as fundamental to personal and national development.

He  stated this at a thanksgiving service at ECWA, Plateau Church, following his emergence as the new ICAN President
He recounted his days of humble beginning as a junior staff of the University of Jos, noting that it takes only God for a nobody like him to occupy the office of the ICAN Presidency.

Ojaide, who is the Head of Department of Accounting in the university, is also to serve as the 17th President of the Association of Accountancy Bodies in West Africa and the 2nd President of the Pan African Federation of Accountants.

He is also to serve as the 17th President of the Association of Accountancy Bodies in West Africa and the 2nd President of the Pan African Federation of Accountants.

He had previously served as Treasurer and Board Member of same bodies as well as being a pioneering and Federal Government appointed member of the VAT Tribunal, visiting lecturer at the Nigeria Defence Academy (NDA), Kaduna, amongst others.
In his exhortation, Pastor Olalekan Akinleye admonished all to never give up on God, noting that Ojaide is a tested, tried and triumphant personality who has what it takes to move the accounting profession and national economy to the next level.

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New ICAN president gives recipe for personal dev