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Although the Department formally came into its own only in October, 1981 as an offspring of the Department
of Business Administration, the accounting subject area in this University can claim to be as old as the
Faculty of Social Sciences itself. As a sub-unit, first within the Department of Economics and Business
Studies (from 1975 to 1977), and later the Department of Business Administration from (1977 to 1981).
Accounting constituted a very important component of the B.Sc (Economics) and B.Sc (Business Administration) degree programmes.
The Accounting degree option however became available as one of the major areas of concentration in the
Department of Business Administration in 1979/80. As from 1981/1982 the Department of Accounting has awarded the degree of Bachelor of Science Honours in Accounting yearly.
With its innovative approach to instruction and a relatively young crop of dedicated faculty members, the Department is already poised to becoming one of the leading Schools of Accounting in the country
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The Department aims to produce high level accounting personnel and contribute through research and publications
towards the growth of accounting knowledge and the improvement of the quality of professional accounting practice
in Nigeria and on the international scene. The programmes of the Department have three broad foci.
- The continuing searches to expand the scope of application of the accounting discipline in order to promote and enhance national economic development. In this regard the Department seeks to stimulate interest, and provide needed leadership, in research and experimentation in all branched of accountancy.
- The needed of the accountant to see himself as a member of the organization a team whose collaborative effort is required in order to achieve organizational objectives. This requires that the accountant should have reasonable grounding in all aspects of economics and management in addition to his specialization.
- The need to inculcate the requisite attitudes, ethics and skills of professionalism. To this end, student and staff interaction with the everyday practitioner is encouraged and facilitated.
The Department has competent teaching staff who are equipped to teach, guide, and supervise courses and projects in Accounting, Finance, and related subjects. The various departments in the Faculty as well as some departments in the Faculty of Social Sciences assist in teaching a number of our courses. The Law Faculty normally assists in teaching courses in Business Law, Commercial Law and Taxation Law, while the Department of Computer Science assist in courses in Data Processing and Information Technology. Opportunity is also taken to utilize the services of competent people in business industry and government in and around Benin City as guest faculty.
The Department has an arrangement with the Department of Computer Science whereby students offering Data Processing and Information Systems are enabled to obtain practical demonstrations in elementary programming and Data Processing. The Computer is also available for the analysis of research data.
All students of the University of Benin are eligible to become members of the University of Benin Student's Union. There is also a department-based Association, the University of Benin Chapter of the National Universities Accounting Students' Association (NUASA), which all the students in the Department are encouraged to join. In addition, students of the Department may also belong to the Association of International Students of Economics and Business (AIESEC). The latter organisation is involved in promoting the study and application of modern economics and management techniques, as well as in organising industrial attachment programmes on both national and international exchange basis. NUASA, University of Benin Chapter, publishes a journal called THE NEW ACCOUNTANT which comes out once a year.
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Isenmila, P.A. (Mrs.)
B.Sc (UNN)
M.B.A. (UNN)
Ph. D (Benin) |
Acting Head of Department
Senior Lecturer
(Financial Accounting
Financial Management, Insurance |
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