08/12/2023
BEING A SPEECH DELIVERED ON THE 1st Day of December 2023
By Prof. M. A. AYENI PhD
FCNA, FAIA, FCTI, FCCrFA, FCFI, ACPFA,FFAR, CPA Ireland, MNIM
PROTOCOL:
It is my pleasure to welcome you all to this very auspicious occasion, crystallising the end of the last training for 2023.
Today is a great day in the annals of the Institute (CIFCFIN) because, in spite of the hiccups in the economy of our great Country, Nigeria, we still recorded a massive turnout for this training, which indicated the importance of forensic accounting and forensic related activities and the way our people are ready to change the narratives of how things are done in Nigeria. Forensic way of analysing financial transactions is the only way out of the economic quagmire currently bedevilling and waging a fierce war against our collective economic wellness.
Please permit me to rekindle and reiterate my opinion and belief that if we want to fight corruption to a standstill in Nigeria and set the pace for other countries to follow, we must be ready to hold the Bull by its horns by creating a HALL of SHAME at the National Assembly and in all the States houses of assemblies across the Federation where the names of corrupt officers that have been found guilty by a court of competent jurisdiction will be boldly engraved as it is conversely done for those with honour and dignity in the HALL of FAME. We would have by then taken the Bull by its horn regardless of whose Ox is gored. This, I believe, will go a long way to stem the tide of the inordinate craving for unnecessary wealth in our society, as no same person would wish to have their name ignobly engraved in this ignoble HALL of SHAME as against a hall of honour that we all crave for in live as a show of the excellent legacy to leave behind for the generation yet unborn.
The second strategy is to establish forensic accounting Departments in all ministries and MDAs across the Federation where financial transactions will be made to pass through the sleuth eye of forensic experts before the application of the relevant funds with an unfettered right to report directly to the Board or any other higher authority up the rung of the ladder rather than being subservient officers to those charged with governance in their respective Ministries or Departments so that we can clip the wings of the corrupt monsters in our society that have robbed us so much that we suddenly became the global capital of fraud and corruption.
The present lack of this independence has made the internal audit a toothless bulldog that backs without the teeth to bite and a gatekeeper without the key to lock the gate at night to prevent intruders from unauthorised incursion.
To further strengthen the capability of the men and women who will work in these forensic departments, laboratories should be established to enable them to perform in-depth document examination to describe, diagnose, and prescribe potent panacea for the myriad covetousness of our leaders that has plunged us into the abyss of economic perdition.
Corruption is a symbol of decadence, and we in the Institute are ready and willing to help make it vulnerable to defeat in our stride to attain economic stability. We can recalibrate the control mechanism through the In-House Forensic Accounting departments in the Ministries and all Blue-Chip Companies, including the PIE entities nationwide.
We are graduating 196 thoroughbred Forensic accountants who are willing to help Nigeria attain a scam-free society that we can be proud of in consonance with the hallmark of the Institute to which they now belong whose core value is hinged on Integrity, Trust, Excellent service, Professionalism and due process of doing things to achieve seamless perfection.
In conclusion, I want to call on the government to engage the services of the Nigerian forensic experts, and by the grace of God, we would make Nigeria proud.
Thank you for listening, and God bless.
BEING A SPEECH DELIVERED ON THE 1st Day of December 2023
By Prof. M. A. AYENI PhD
FCNA, FAIA, FCTI, FCCrFA, FCFI, ACPFA,FFAR, CPA Ireland, MNIM
PROTOCOL:
It is my pleasure to welcome you all to this very auspicious occasion, crystallising the end of the last training for 2023.
Today is a great day in the annals of the Institute (CIFCFIN) because, in spite of the hiccups in the economy of our great Country, Nigeria, we still recorded a massive turnout for this training, which indicated the importance of forensic accounting and forensic related activities and the way our people are ready to change the narratives of how things are done in Nigeria. Forensic way of analysing financial transactions is the only way out of the economic quagmire currently bedevilling and waging a fierce war against our collective economic wellness.
Please permit me to rekindle and reiterate my opinion and belief that if we want to fight corruption to a standstill in Nigeria and set the pace for other countries to follow, we must be ready to hold the Bull by its horns by creating a HALL of SHAME at the National Assembly and in all the States houses of assemblies across the Federation where the names of corrupt officers that have been found guilty by a court of competent jurisdiction will be boldly engraved as it is conversely done for those with honour and dignity in the HALL of FAME. We would have by then taken the Bull by its horn regardless of whose Ox is gored. This, I believe, will go a long way to stem the tide of the inordinate craving for unnecessary wealth in our society, as no same person would wish to have their name ignobly engraved in this ignoble HALL of SHAME as against a hall of honour that we all crave for in live as a show of the excellent legacy to leave behind for the generation yet unborn.
The second strategy is to establish forensic accounting Departments in all ministries and MDAs across the Federation where financial transactions will be made to pass through the sleuth eye of forensic experts before the application of the relevant funds with an unfettered right to report directly to the Board or any other higher authority up the rung of the ladder rather than being subservient officers to those charged with governance in their respective Ministries or Departments so that we can clip the wings of the corrupt monsters in our society that have robbed us so much that we suddenly became the global capital of fraud and corruption.
The present lack of this independence has made the internal audit a toothless bulldog that backs without the teeth to bite and a gatekeeper without the key to lock the gate at night to prevent intruders from unauthorised incursion.
To further strengthen the capability of the men and women who will work in these forensic departments, laboratories should be established to enable them to perform in-depth document examination to describe, diagnose, and prescribe potent panacea for the myriad covetousness of our leaders that has plunged us into the abyss of economic perdition.
Corruption is a symbol of decadence, and we in the Institute are ready and willing to help make it vulnerable to defeat in our stride to attain economic stability. We can recalibrate the control mechanism through the In-House Forensic Accounting departments in the Ministries and all Blue-Chip Companies, including the PIE entities nationwide.
We are graduating 196 thoroughbred Forensic accountants who are willing to help Nigeria attain a scam-free society that we can be proud of in consonance with the hallmark of the Institute to which they now belong whose core value is hinged on Integrity, Trust, Excellent service, Professionalism and due process of doing things to achieve seamless perfection.
In conclusion, I want to call on the government to engage the services of the Nigerian forensic experts, and by the grace of God, we would make Nigeria proud.
Thank you for listening, and God bless.
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