ICAN Undergraduate Essay Competition 2017

THE INSTITUTE OF CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS OF NIGERIA

(Established by Act of Parliament No. 15 of 1965)

47TH ANNUAL ACCOUNTANTS’ CONFERENCE

2017 STUDENTS’ ESSAY COMPETITION

Topic
· Accuracy and Integrity: The Unchanging ICAN Motto in a Rapidly - Changing World.

Objective
· The Essay Competition is to engage the Nigerian students intellectually and in the end
produce enlightening essays on the platform of operation of ICAN in the next 50 years in the
global professional Accountancy Practice.

Methodology
1. Essay must be written in Microsoft Word and contain not less than 2000 words and not more
than 3000 words ;and essay must be written in font size 12 with double line spacing.
2. Essay should contain abstract, introduction, main body, conclusion and references
3. All entries must be accompanied with a letter of attestation from the Head of each
participant’s Department.
4. Participants must submit copy of their birth certificate/Sworn affidavit and brief profile of not
more than 15 lines in MS Word
5. Only the first 500 entries will be considered
6. Winning essays will be selected based on content, grammar and style
7. The winning essays will be announced on Thursday 12 October 2017
8. All entries must be received on or before 23:59hours Thursday 28 September 2017. Entries
received after this date would not be processed further.
9. All entries should be sent to: icanessay2017@kpmg.com

Eligibility for Entry
The competition is open to:
1. All students in any field of study in ICAN accredited tertiary institutions in Nigeria.
2. Age limit: Participants must not be older than 26 years of age as at 30th September, 2017.
NB: Members of the ICAN governing Council, AAC Committee members and staff of ICAN, KPMG
and their wards are not eligible for this competition.

Prizes to be won
· Ist Prize: N100,000 plus laptop, plaque, letter of commendation, all expense paid to Abuja
for the 47th Annual Conference, ICAN Professional Examination Scholarship with a value of
N340,000 covering tuition, study text and examination fees (oaupeeps.com)
· 2nd Prize: N50,000 plus laptop, plaque, letter of commendation, all expense paid to Abuja for
the 47th Annual Conference, ICAN Professional Examination Scholarship with a value of
N340,000 covering tuition, study text and examination fees
· 3rd Prize : N25,000 plus laptop, plaque, letter of commendation, all expense paid to Abuja for
the 47th Annual Conference, ICAN Professional Examination Scholarship with a value of
N340,000 covering tuition, study text and examination fees