Former governor of Anambra State, Mr Peter Obi, has urged the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria, ICAN, to intervene and halt the waste, misappropriation, and mismanagement of scarce resources, which is continuing to increase poverty and mass unemployment in Nigeria.
Speaking as a Guest Speaker at the investiture of Mrs Blessing Ngozi Osakwe as the 12th President of The Society of Women Accountants of Nigeria (SWAN) in Lagos, Obi charged SWAN to stand up to political office holders that this financial recklessness must be stopped.
He said: “Today, I was the Guest speaker at the investiture of Mrs Blessing Ngozi Osakwe as the 12th President of The Society of Women Accountants of Nigeria (SWAN) in Lagos.
“I used the opportunity to charge the group as a body of Accountants (ICAN) to intervene and halt the waste, misappropriation, and mismanagement of scarce resources, which is continuing to increase poverty and mass unemployment in Nigeria.
“And I equally charged the women in particular with my experience in banking, where, as a chairman, I had one who was a risk manager that I worked with; she remained firm in her duty and always did the right thing, to ensure that the bank doesn’t run into trouble.
“And while I was a governor, I had two female accountant generals and a female commissioner for finance who were equally firm and pointed to me procedures and documentation in the right directions.
“I urge you as a body to ensure that your members all over the country stand up to political office holders that this financial recklessness must be stopped especially now that we are borrowing and spending away the future of our children.”
