The Nigeria College of Accountancy (NCA), the training arm of the Association of National Accountants of Nigeria (ANAN) has produced 5,160 post-graduate accountants during the 2010/2011 and 2011/2012 sessions.

The president of ANAN, Hajia Maryam Ladi Ibrahim said this at the 5th convocation of the college held at its permanent site, Kwalli near Jos.

She said the college was a post-graduate professional accountancy college modeled to scientifically advance the science of accountancy.

ANAN in a statement quoted the association's president as saying that ANAN decided on this mode of the training of professionals to ensure the proper blend of knowledge and skills.

She explained that there was need to train accountants that had analytical mind to address issues as they arose and not only look at mechanical issues.

"There is no doubt that with the growth of knowledge and the principle based accounting standards, the work of an accountant shall cease to be the routine debt and credit," Ibrahim said.

She said the realisation of the high expectations necessitated the fact the college's raw materials must have a minimum of HND or BSc, adding that these were the kind of individuals that could withstand the rigours of the training.

She said that with a modest beginning at the temporary site of the college, within the last five years, the college could boast of facilities that could give adequate training of at least 3,000 candidates at a time.

The Director-General of the college, Dr Joseph Adebisi recalled that the first convocation of the college was held in 2001 without a building at the permanent site.

Adebisi also recalled that the second convocation took place without a building on the site, saying that the turning point came when the third convocation was held in the only building at that time.

The fourth convocation marked the third consecutive convocation that took place within two years.