ICAN celebrates AWA Ibraheem, ‘Notable Member’

 

One of Nigeria’s foremost professional bodies, the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) is celebrating one of its own, Dr AWA Ibraheem.

AWA, as fondly called, an accomplished scholar, professional and businessman was recently honoured with the prestigious ICAN Merit Award.

The Institute, apparently in further recognition and appreciation of his accomplishment and contribution to the building of the accounting profession, is projecting him as the current face of ICAN, branding him a ‘Notable ICAN Member’.

A brief but solid excerpt of his profile on the Institute’s Facebook page reveals a highly sedulous and astute achiever whose path to the top was properly charted.

AWA Ibraheem, PhD, FCA was born on October 19, 1953 at Offa, Kwara state. He attended the University of Lagos where he graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting with first-class honours in 1982. He also has an MBA in Finance from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria and a PhD in Management Science from the University of Ilorin in 2003.

His career development has taken him to many Institutions within and outside Nigeria including Strathclyde University in Scotland, Ilo Institute at Turin, Italy, University of Texas at Austin and Harvard University in the USA.

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He is currently a member of many professional bodies including Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria, Chartered Institute of Management Accountants of UK, Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria, Chartered Institute of Stock Brokers of Nigeria and Nigeria Institute of Directors.

He is on the board of Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company Limited and West Midland Open University. He is currently the Chairman of Express Portfolio Service Ltd, Prime Metro Properties Limited, Oak Pension Limited, Afro commerce Limited and Oceanic Health Management Limited. He is also the vice-chairman of Xpress Payment solutions Limited and the Chief of ICMA Professional Services.

In recognition of his leadership potentials, he was awarded the prestigious Hubert Humphrey Fellowship by the government of the United State of America. As a result, he served as a fellow at the University of Texas at Austin in 1992/93 academic year. During his fellowship, he actively participated in academic and community development activities as a result of which he was commissioned as an Honorary Texan by the state of Texas in 1993. In addition, his alma mater, University of Lagos, honoured him with the Golden Jubilee Distinguished Alumni in 2012.

He was Captain of Ikeja Golf Club and currently the President of the club.