Bayelsa Govt Pledges Support For Establishment Of ANAN Study Centre
By Amgbare Ekaunkumo, Yenagoa, Trek Africa Newspaper
L-R: Deputy Governor, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo in a warm handshake with the Chairman, Association of National Accountants of Nigeria, ANAN, Mr Tenbebelakumo Amgbare.
The Bayelsa State Government has assured the Association of National Accountants of Nigeria (ANAN) of its support in the ongoing efforts to establish a study centre of the Nigerian College of Accountancy at Sampou in the Kolokuma/Opokuma Local Government Area of the state.
The state Deputy Governor, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, gave the assurance on Wednesday when a delegation of the Bayelsa chapter of ANAN paid him a courtesy visit in Government House, Yenagoa.
Senator Ewhrudjakpo, in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media, Mr Doubara Atasi, pointed out that the prompt donation of land by the state government, underscores the importance and seriousness it attaches towards the actualization of the ANAN study centre project.
Describing the decision to decentralize ANAN study centre as well-thought-out, the Deputy Governor explained that the choice of Sampou as a campus of the Nigerian College of Accountancy is in tandem with the present Administration’s rural development policy.
He said the establishment of study centres in all the six geopolitical zones would go a long way in churning out more professionally sound accountants for the country.
To this end, Senator Ewhrudjakpo assured that government would do everything necessary for the smooth take-off and completion of the project.
The Deputy Governor, who thanked the body of accountants in the state for their role in securing support from the World Bank for the Sampou study centre and other projects in Bayelsa, promised ANAN of government’s participation in its upcoming South-South mandatory professional continuing development (MPCD) conference in Yenagoa.
His words, “I want to first of all thank you for the role you have played to ensure that our financial procedures and processes are in conformity with international best practices.
“On behalf of the Governor, I want to convey our appreciation to the office of the State Accountant General and our accountants for the role you played for developing our document, which we used in engaging the World Bank to get the necessary financial support from that financial institution.
“We didn’t engage experts from outside, but relied on the capacity we have through our accountants. Through their efforts, we were able to get the financial burden off our shoulders. We know what it could have cost us if we had engaged the services of external consultants.”
Speaking on behalf the state branch of ANAN, the Chairman of the local organizing committee (LOC) of the South-South MPCD programme, Dr. Ebimowei Wodu, explained that their visit was mainly to thank the state government for graciously granting approvals for training of its members.
Dr Wodu also commended government for showing commitment for the establishment of the ANAN study centre by donating 20 hectares of land at Sampou, and invited the Deputy Governor to the 2022 Zonal MPCD programme, which is billed for next month.
Highpoint of the visit was the decoration of the Deputy Governor, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, as an honorary member of ANAN by its state Chairman, Mr Tenbebelakumo Amgbare.
