 The division of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria, ICANN, is advocating for better transparency and accountability as it will result in improved governance in Nigeria. The presence of ICANN in the centre of Kursa will stay on the sidelines of a presidential dinner organised in Izana by the Legers and District Society. Since 2017, the Institute has developed a framework to check the level of accountability in the management of public finance as justice Akandoye brings details in this report. Signatories from within the Legers and District Society of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria, ICANN, gathered to host their 59th president. It is also time to inaugurate their new excursion of the FBN chapter. This is clearly demonstrated in the vast and constantly growing community of Chartered Accountants on a staff list of at least 250 active financial members of the ECU throughout Nigeria. The feather-first chairman of the Legers and District Society, Tsoib Yolasa-Lamin, welcomes all present. She reflects on the journey so far, while restating the district's staffer's commitment to inspire the next generation of accountants. We have remained steadfast in our commitment to excellence. Noted that initiatives such as the Catch Them Young program was also held in November, which hosted over 200 students. While Chartered members of the noble profession, wine and dine, issues affecting accountancy globally take centre stage at the interactive session. In the chat with the ICANN president, he is quick to share insight on transparency and accountability in the public finance space. And what we have discovered is that the level of accountability and transparency is low for some states. Some states are taking the bottom five lowest-performing states and we have been advocating for this better transparency. Because we believe that when there is better transparency and accountability, then there is an improved governance because the various arms of government will be able to state what these funds are used for and how the funds impact on the life of the citizens. The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and the Institute of Management Accountants Global Economic Confidence Survey shows declining confidence among accountants globally for the Fed Conjective Quarter and the Fourth Quarter of 2023, consistent with a further moderation in global growth. What has been done to drive confidence in young people to the profession and what does the future hold for the industry? As a district, every year we have all these programmes that we carry out during the year. One of them is the Catch Them Young programme where we go to schools within our catchment area. We visit them, we give books, we give presents, we do quizzes. We try to encourage them to become accountants. This year alone, we had one in November and we intend to have another one on the 28th of February and all this is all done with sponsors and people who come together just to encourage our young ones to become accountants. So what has happened in the profession is that globally, especially in the western world, the profession is no longer attracting the young ones and of course you know where you don't have young ones, the tendency is that the profession is going to get into extinction. But in ICANN, instead of telling accountants of Nigeria, we have a programme targeted at the young ones. We call it Catch Them Young programme and because of that, our programme, we have been able to attract young ones to the profession. Awards are presented to outstanding members of the district for exceptional service and dedication. Justin Alcadone, Plasticity Use Legos. Hello, hope you enjoyed the news. Please do subscribe to our YouTube channel and don't forget to hit the notification button so you get notified about fresh news updates.