65 graduate from Institute of Accountancy

THE Director of Finance at the Ministry of Employment and Social Welfare, Alhaji Adam Sadiq, has challenged accountants to effectively apply the knowledge they acquire in school to achieve the needed results in their work.
He said they should exhibit a high sense of professionalism in any work they found themselves in to justify the investment made in their training.
Alhaji Sadiq said this at the weekend during a ceremony of the Institute of Accountancy Training, where 65 students graduated in Diploma in Public Finance and Accountancy, Diploma in Public Administration and Diploma in Business Studies.
Alhaji Sadiq was elated about the school’s contribution to the manpower needs of the civil service as most of their students occupied high positions in the public and private sector.
He, however, noted with regret the corrupt practices of some public office holders which was contained in the Auditor Generals and the Public Accounts Committee report, and asked the graduands not to copy such practices by using the ethics and skills they had acquired to promote a corrupt free nation and good governance.
Alhaji Sadiq also commended the efforts of management and staff of the institute for supporting government to finance tertiary education in the country by generating internal capital through consultancy and customised training programmes.
The Principal of the Institute, Mr Theophilus Hanson, said efforts were being put in place by the management and council to get the institute affiliated to the University of Ghana to make it very competitive.
Mr Hanson announced that the management had acquired exemptions for some of their professional programmes at the foundation stage and level one for their students.
That was to give the students international recognition he noted and said “as a result, lecturers will adopt a more holistic and professional approach to the teaching in the institute” he said.
The Principal, therefore challenged the students to also adopt new attitude towards learning to justify the exemptions they had in the various subjects. “These exemptions are not meant for your glorification, it is for you to perform better.”
He again said that, “you must exhibit the need for the exemption with your performance in the subjects so that the authorities will see the need for the exemption.”
The chairman for the ceremony, Mr Asamoah Duodu, advised the students that the best way they could market the institute was to offer their best in their work places.
Present at the ceremony, were pupils from the Ledzokuku State College.