LAGOS SEPTEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate and former Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi, has called on Nigerian accountants, particularly women, to lead efforts to curb what he described as reckless government borrowing and wasteful spending.
Obi made the call on Wednesday at the investiture of Mrs. Blessing Ngozi Osakwe as the 12th President of the Society of Women Accountants of Nigeria (SWAN) in Lagos.
He warned that unchecked financial mismanagement was mortgaging the future of younger generations.
“We are borrowing and spending away the future of our children. This recklessness must stop. You, as professionals, must hold those in power accountable,” Obi said.
He cited his personal experience in both the banking sector and public service, where female professionals played key roles in ensuring fiscal discipline.
He noted that a female risk manager had prevented costly mistakes during his tenure as bank chairman, while two female accountant-generals and a female finance commissioner enforced financial prudence during his time as governor.
“Women accountants have the integrity and courage to demand fiscal discipline where others might compromise,” he said, urging SWAN members to speak truth to power and push for transparency in public finance.
Obi described the moment as critical for Nigeria’s economic future, adding, “Nigeria’s survival depends on people like you refusing to look away. A New Nigeria is not just a dream; it is possible.”
Guardian-Nigeria
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