Owerri, Imo State Capital which is reputed as an educational and knowledge hub, is set to add another feather to its bulging cap, with the full take off of Treasurehall Professional Training Centre.
Pursuant to that vision, the Centre which boasts of top notch facilities, ambience and Tutors , recently hosted a high powered assessment team from the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria, CITN, the regulatory body for tax practice in the country, which came on an accreditation mission.
The CITN team comprising Comrade Basil Iwu, a fellow of the institute and a renown tax professional, former Chairman Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria, CITN, Owerri District Society and acting permanent secretary Imo State Ministry of Labour, Employment and Productivity Dr Mrs Angela Duru CITN Chairman Owerri District Society, told newsmen at the end of the painstaking exercise, that they were satisfied with what they saw, promising to convey the same to the national leadership of CITN.
They further stated that their mission as directed by the CITN which is the highest regulatory body for tax practice and administration in the country, was there to see whether the Centre satisfies the requirements of the CITN for accreditation as a professional training Centre, specifically regarding conducive environment, infrastructure and competent hands, which are the key drivers of effective and result oriented teaching and learning.
The inspection team emphasized that the visit signposted CITN’s belief that professional excellence could only be attained through equally excellent training, hence the importance attached to the process of accrediting Centres wishing to train tax practitioners.
According to them, having seen the near perfect readiness of Treasurehall to revolutionize and lead the charge to position Owerri and Imo State, as a choice destination in the map of professional examination in the country, the Owerri District Society of CITN will actively partner and collaborate with them, to make sure that the lofty objectives behind the vision are achieved.
The founder of the institute, Chidi Chikodi Otumba, a chartered tax practitioner and professional member of the CITN since 2007, and chartered accountant inducted into ICAN as a full professional member since 2001, said the Centre is a replica of its Lagos Centre, noting that in every aspect, from environment to facilities to teachers, the two centres are among the best that could be found in any part of the country..
He said the vision behind the Centre is to make professional training and certification easy and struggle free for upcoming generations, contrary to what those of them who began their career in the city in the eighties passed through in the quest to improve their professional skill and competence.
Beyond that, he also noted that the Centre is one way he is giving back to the society where his successful journey in the financial sector of the economy started, back then as a staff of the prestigious Akintola Williams Deloitte.
Otumba, also a certified fraud examiner and certified forensic accountant further disclosed that the Centre has already qualified four chartered tax practitioners as full-fledged professional members of the CITN and four chartered accountants as full-fledged members of ICAN, all of whom have been elevated in their various offices.
He bemoaned the declining interest of people in both professions in the South East to upgrade their skills and bag critical professional certifications, to position themselves for future opportunities, and urged them to hurry to the Centre located opposite Imo Housing Corporation, along MCC/Uratta Road, to be trained by experienced, tested and trusted professionals drawn from various reputable institutions.
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