THE Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) has renewed the accreditation of the Accounting programme of the Lagos State University (LASU) for another period of three years.
According to media reports, this new development was contained in a statement signed by the Vice-Chancellor of the University, Prof. Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello, and made available to newsmen in Lagos on Wednesday, April 5, 2023.
In the statement, Olatunji-Bello stated that the new accreditation of the programme was done by the professional body after satisfying the stipulated guidelines, adding that the new accreditation would cover the period of 2020/2021 to 2023/2024 academic sessions after a Certificate of Accreditation was issued to the University by the professional body.
The statement reads, “I congratulate the Head, Department of Accounting; Dean, Faculty of Management Sciences, and the entire University for the feat.
”I also want to thank the Lagos State Government for supporting the University to make the accreditation exercise a huge success.
“This development further fulfils the first strategic goal of the current administration, which is to ensure that academic and professional programmes are and remain accredited by the relevant bodies.”
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