Minister of finance, budget and national planning, Zainab Ahmed has said accountants must take urgent and drastic steps to face corruption head-on. The minister said professional accountants in Nigeria should imbibe ethical behaviour centered on competence, integrity, objectivity, independence, responsibility, conscientiousness and conformity to standards to deal with corruption in public and private establishments.
The finance minister who said “Accountant must indeed act now!!” also held that ANAN must continue to develop its curricula and practice direction to ensure that its members adhere strictly to the ethics of the profession. “Accountants should be ready advocates for good governance at all times.” Also, ANAN president Prof Muhammad Akaro Mainoma said the professional body would have to come up with strategies to initiate controls to prevent corruption.