The President of the Association of National Accountants of Nigeria (ANAN), Prof. Muhammad Mainoma, has said accountants must aspire to adapt effectively with the disruptive technologies and innovations associated with the profession to be a step ahead with innovative skills.
Mainoma gave the advice in Abuja on Tuesday in his welcome address at the 25th Annual Conference of ANAN.
He explained that the conference had over 5,000 participants both physically and virtually to rub minds on the place of the Accountants in developing the best strategies for managing the disruptive technologies and innovation in contemporary times.
“The Accountant of today is faced with the challenges of reconciling disruptive technologies and Innovative efforts, which have necessitated the need for us as professionals to have the conversations that have brought us here.”
Mainoma explained that disruptive technology was essentially an innovation that significantly altered the way that consumers, industries, businesses, and even nations operate.
The Chief Executive Officer of ANAN, Dr Nuruddeen Abdullahi, said he was happy that the theme of the conference was designed to offer a comprehensive range of sessions that include application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in reporting, among others.
Prof. Adebayo Adejola, the Chairman, Conference, Workshops & Publicity Committee of ANAN, said the world had entered what some regarded as an era of ‘digital Darwinism’ where technology was evolving too fast for many individuals and organisations to adapt to the changes.
