[8] Both ANAN and ICAN work with the United Kingdom-based Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) to promote best practices in the profession.
[11] Both ANAN and its rival ICAN, as well as the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (CITN), have been criticized for not providing enough training to members at subsidized rates.
[13]At a ceremony in March 2006 the President of ANAN, Professor E. R. Iwok, laid the foundation stone of an ultra-modern auditorium for the Nigerian College of Accountancy.
[14] As of March 2011 the college, which was attracting growing numbers of students from other countries in Africa, was still operating out of temporary facilities.The only buildings completed at the permanent site were two large examination halls with capacity of 3,000.
[19] In March 2009, ANAN President Dr Samuel Nzekwe rejected an attempt by ICAN to set auditing standards for its members.
[21] In May 2008 the House of Representatives rejected a bill to establish the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants of Nigeria (CIMA) as an alternative to both the ANAN and ICAN.
[13] The bills had been approved by both houses during the administration of President Olusegun Obasanjo, but he had failed to sign them into law before the end of his term.
[25] In September 2009 it was alleged that the Comptroller General of the Nigerian Customs Service, Abdullahi Inde Dikko, had obtained a fake West African Examinations Council (WAEC) certificate dated 1980.
The purpose of research would be to find ways to ensure that the Accountancy profession meets its goals in effective public and private sector service delivery.
[29] On 29 April 2011 the first female auditor-general of Kogi State, Maryam Ladi-Ibrahim, succeeded Iyamide Gafar as ANAN President.