Osasere Okundaye, Nigeria’s youngest chartered accountant, has recounted how she began her journey with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) at the age of 13 after finishing secondary school early.
Okundaye spoke on Saturday during the Power Must Change
Hands monthly programme at the Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries
headquarters in Magboro, Ogun state.
On Monday, the 16-year-old student was announced as the
country’s youngest chartered accountant.
In a statement announcing the achievement, Ayodele Olawande,
minister of youth development, congratulated Okundaye on the achievement.
“This remarkable milestone is a testament to the power of
hard work, discipline, resilience and an unwavering commitment to excellence,”
the minister said.
Sharing her testimony before the congregation, Okundaye said
her parents encouraged her to enrol for ICAN’s accounting technicians scheme
(ATS) examinations instead of waiting until she was old enough for university
admission.
“I am 16 years old. I started this ICAN journey three years
ago after finishing my secondary school early,” she said.
“My parents encouraged me to start writing the ICAN
examinations through ATS instead of just waiting around until I got to the
right age for university.”
According to her, the journey was particularly challenging
because she did not study accounting in secondary school.
“I wasn’t an accounting student in secondary school, so the
exams, especially at the first level proved very difficult, more difficult than
they probably were for other people at the same level,” she said.
“But I had to put in extra effort, and with the grace of
God, I was able to pass that first level. Ever since then, it has been a
success.”
The prodigy said she experienced a setback after failing one
of her final examination papers last year but refused to give up.
“Last year, I failed one of my final papers, unfortunately,
which I had to rewrite earlier this year in May,” she recalled.
“To the glory of God, I passed that examination, and now I
can say that I am a qualified accountant of the institute at 16 years old.”
Okundaye’s feat is coming a year after Temilola Blossom
Arise, an 18-year-old student at the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN), passed
her professional stage examination of ICAN.
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