JUST IN: We want accounting students to imbibe the culture of integrity,

JUST IN: We want accounting students to imbibe the culture of integrity, transparency, accountability says Prof. Akintoye

By OGB Joseph, Abuja

A Professor of Accounting and Strategic Financial Management of Babcock and University of Ibadan, Professor Ishola Rufus Akintoye has disclosed that he wants the accounting students in Nigeria to imbibe the culture of integrity, transparency and accountability in the accounting profession.

Akintoye made this disclosure in a chat with newsmen on Saturday, 11th October, 2025 in Abuja during the inauguration of the new executives of Nigerian Universities Accounting Students Association, NUASA under the auspices of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria, ICAN, noting that the purpose is to guard them young.

He explained that the only way to sustain the future of the accounting profession is by mentoring the younger ones so that they can continue to uphold the values inherent in the profession.

He said: ” The purpose of this is to ensure our mentoring role to our students in tertiary institutions especially the University chapter. We still have chapters for the polytechnic and other institutions.

” What we do is what we call guard them young. They are the people we are handling over tomorrow to. So in training them as accountants, we want to be sure that we put them together and imbibe the culture of integrity, transparency and accountability to them.

” So while they are still being trained, this is the time you can do all that for them. That is why we identify with them. We are not only limited to teaching them in class.

” As an association, from campus to campus, from university to university upto the polytechnic. We move round to ensure that we share the goals and vision of accountancy with them globally. So that tomorrow, when we leave the scene, thru can take over. That is the purpose of our coming here”, he noted.

Also, the Deputy Director, Examinations Students Affairs, Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria, ICAN. Yemisi Adedokun, PhD, FCA in her contribution noted that

” I want to encourage our students of tertiary institutions to enrol for the examination of ICAN. The ASUAT examination and the professional.

With five credits passes in O’Level certificate, they can start the ASUAT examination.

” It is divided into three parts. We gave part 1, 2, 3 and four papers each for each of the levels. With five credits including Mathematics and English, they can register be it science or commercial. Then after, they have completed their 8 years three examination, they become AAT.

Earlier, the President of Nigerian Universities Accounting Students Association, NUASA, Temple Daniel Oghenerioborue in his acceptance speech thanked the ICAN President, stakeholders and colleagues explaining that he is determined to continue to sustain the legacy of impact the past excos had laid down for the noble profession all the time.

According to him: ” Standing here,a as the newly inaugurated National President of NUASA, i feel deeply honored, not just by this office but by the trust that thousands of accounting students across Nigeria have placed in me and my team.

” A national mentorship and internship network connecting students directly with professionals and firms .We want to be responsible for our students. We want a situation, where students can meet the industry face-to-face.

” We aim to empower our members through scholarships, mentorship and access to opportunities. We will align with institutions and professsional bodies to open new doors for our members. We will educate by bridging the gap between what we learn in classrooms and what the industry truly demands”, he reiterated.