In recognition of the inestimable role of accountants in Kogi State, the state government has approved the Directorate of Accounts and Finance with immediate effect.

Governor Ibrahim Idris who disclosed this to executive committee members of the Kogi State Branch of Association of National Accountants of Nigeria (ANAN) who paid him a courtesy visit in Government House, Lokoja, said the new development would facilitate what he described as “the good works of the accountants in the state”.

As part of his approval of ANAN’s requests, Governor Idris assured the accountants that his administration would continue to assist them at ANAN School in Jos, Plateau State.

He reiterated his readiness to partner with ANAN to ensure rapid development of the state, stressing that the fact that the accountants had not been arrested for financial impropriety testified that there are credible accountants in Kogi State civil service.

Earlier, the chairman of Kogi State ANAN, Mr. Omale Isaac Damian, noted that the Peoples Democratic Party government in the state “had been a father to ANAN”. He lauded the governor and his deputy, Dr. Philip Salawu, for their roles in ANAN’s mandatory continuing professional development workshops since 2004.
He stated that owing to the governor’s partnership with ANAN, the chapter hosted mandatory workshop programme in August 2005 successfully, which had enhanced the position of the Kogi ANAN in Nigerian accountancy body of achievers.

He commended the state government for approval for land allocation within Lokoja suitable for ANAN state secretariat, establishment of Directorate of Accounts and Finance, and the continual sponsorship for ANAN members in government agencies and establishments.

Mr. Damian affirmed that “Governor Idris’ administration is a father of development best described as an administration of pragmatic professional liberalism”.