The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) is a professional body of accountants established by the Act of Parliament No. 15 of 1965 to amongst other things, determine the level of knowledge and skills one should possess in order to practise as an Accountant and to raise such standards from time to time.
As part of initiative towards strengthening relationship with its members and tertiary institutions across the country and beyond, as well as other professionals who are interested in accountancy research works, the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria publishes an academic research journal titled: ICAN Journal of Accounting and Finance (IJAF)

• THE PUBLICATION

  This research journal was conceived with a view to creating avenue for members of the Institute in academia and others in practice who are interested in research work, the result of which will be published and be added to the compendium of research works, that contribute to knowledge development and provide technical information and new developments in the field of accounting, finance, business and other related areas. The Institute is using this medium to call for articles for publication in the journal from Professors, Deans of Faculties, Heads of Departments, Lecturers, Independent Academic Researchers, Students and Professionals generally.

• ARTICLE FORMAT

  Articles must be well researched on contemporary issues in the field of Accounting, Finance, Economics and Business.
  All articles should be typed on an A4 paper in not more than 25 pages using 12 points font size and Comic Sans fonts type with double line spacing.
  The title page should include the title and author’s contact information.
  The second page should include the title and an abstract of not more than 300 words to capture the main objective, methodology, findings/contribution to knowledge and recommendation(s) of the article.
  The text reference should be author and date (year) type, e.g. Ajayi (2006); the reference list should follow the Harvard Style (surname, then initials, year, title, publisher and place) and should be arranged in alphabetical order of surnames of the authors. Adjustments are to be appropriately made if the material referred to is journal, magazine or newspaper.
  A soft copy saved in Microsoft Word should be sent to the address below:

  CONTACT

  
  

COMMITTEE ON MOU WITH BABCOCK UNIVERSITY

Lagos, Nigeria (Monday July 29, 2013)

At its July 4, 2013 meeting, the Council of the Institute set up a committee of four senior council members to deliberate on the issue of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Babcock University.
In accordance with its terms of reference, the committee undertook a holistic review of the MOU in line with suggestions and comments from various sources, groups and stakeholders. The interim report of the committee was submitted at the council meeting of July 25, 2013.
Members of Council deliberated extensively on the report and resolved as follows:

• That council members should take some time to carefully study the report with a view to submitting their comments to the committee;
• That there is need for a review of the existing MoU;
• That the Institute should develop a new generic MoU including revised guidelines for moderating partner institutions;
• That this new generic MoU be exposed to all stakeholders for comments and suggestions;
• That the institute will partner with as many accredited institutions as are prepared to comply with the terms and conditions of the proposed generic MoU;
• That the ad-hoc committee should aggregate all comments from the council members and submit a final report which would be considered at the August 2013 Council meeting.

Registrar/Chief Executive
BY ORDER OF COUNCIL