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Abreast yourselves with IT or be left out- Ag Controller & AG tells Public Accountants

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The Acting Controller and Accountant General, Kwasi Kwaning-Bosompem has called on Public Accountants in the country to abreast themselves with Information Technology or be left out of the Profession.

He said the issue of Information Communication and Technology has become the corporate currency of all international transactions and which makes it “absolutely compelling for us to join the band wagon or be counted out of the noble profession”

The Controller made  the assertion in his opening remarks at a three-day the training  programme for the first batch of Middle- level Accountants drawn from the Ministries, Department s and Agencies in Accra .

He indicated that Researchers have come to the conclusion that negative human influence greatly affect financial transactions and hinder the fight against corruption  and that digitization helps in the reduction of the human interference and allows Accountants to deliver service seamlessly without the human refractive tendency which most often changes the destination of all good objective.

Mr. Kwaning-Bosompem indicated that the deployment of the Ghana Integrated Financial Management System (GIFMIS) for all financial transaction of state and the implementation of the International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS) is  in with the global trend towards a digital and paperless economy.

In his address, Director of Training of the Department, Dr. Edward Boateng, said it was the policy of Management to continuously train and upgrade the skills of staff to be current with modern trends in Accounting and to equip them with the necessary tools to enable them perform their duties efficiently and effectively.

He disclosed that the Training programme was the first in the series planned for Middle Level  Accountants in the MDA’s and which would be replicated to similar personnel in the Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDA’s).

The Controller And Accountant General, Mr. Kwaning-Bososmpem (middle front row) with Course participants.

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