President Goodluck Jonathan has called for the strengthening of the nation’s institutions in order to overcome major challenges of financial misappropriation, political indiscipline and corruption bedeviling the nation.
The president made the call at the 42nd Annual Accountants Conference with the theme: Building Enduring Instituions for National Development which opened in Abuja.
In a message to the participants at the conference, President Jonathan advised accountants to be in the vanguard of re-ordering the paths of the nation’s economic growth.
President Goodluck Jonathan, who was represented by the Accountant General of the Federation, Mr Jonah Ogunniyi Otunla, underlined the need to tackle institutional decadence across the country to bring about significant change.
Presenting the lead paper, a political economist and entrepreneur, Professor Pat Utomi blamed the banking sector for the nation’s economic instability. The ICAN president, Mr. Adedoyin Owolabi however, is of the opinion that the government needs to take more advantage of public private partnerships.
The three day conference of the Institute of Chartered Accontants, lines up various national and international speakers in a no-holds barred atmosphere determined to thrash out institutional loopholes to build better strategies towards national development.
