By; SANI ALIYU, Zaria
Association of National Accountants of Nigeria (ANAN) Zaria branch, has donated items to patients at Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital (ABUTH), Shika as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) to humanity.
The chairman of the association Professor Luka Mai Lafiya who led members to the hospital, said that humanitarian service is for all, not only for the rich.
He urged members to redouble their contributions towards achieving their goals in making the association a great one.
According to him, the branch considers the humanitarian service as part of the activities marking the 2023 World Accounting Day celebration.
Professor Mai Lafiya said the level of commitment exhibited by members is very encouraging and urged them to continue with this kind of commitment.
He said, this year’s celebration kick started with lecture by Barrister Hadiza Ali and soon after the lecture, members proceeded to ABUTH, Shika and donated some items to the patients.
The branch chairman urged members to redouble their contributions towards achieving their goals.
Delivering the lecture titled, “Removing of Fuel Subsidy: Which Way To Go?” Barrister Hadiza Ali charged Nigerian government to work on building public trust and confidence in the citizenry to fix the trust deficit already in the mind of citizens.
Also government should address the issues of unemployment through enabling policies and creation of social investment programmes.
According to her, good governance, accountability can be achieved by transparently managing the transition, redirecting savings to benefit citizens and implementing measures to prevent corruption.
Barrister Hadiza noted with concerns, that removing fuel Subsidy is a complex policy decision with potential economic and political challenges.
The guest lecturer said the general impact is holistic and not necessarily only the rural poor, because all and sundry were affected because the spiral effect associated with the high price of fuel.
As part of the corporate responsibility, the association donated some items to Emergency Ward, Accident and Emergency Ward and Children Emergency Ward at Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital Shika,
