ICAN offers Ojo Jonathan Adewale schorlaship to University, gives reason the genius was not admitted as ICAN associate despite completing and passing all the levels of ICAN examination in record time
“He took ATS 1 in September 2020 and passed all in flying colours, six months later, he cleared ATS 2, and six months after, again he cleared ATS 3, which was September 2020,” President, Institute of Chartered Accountant of Nigeria (ICAN), Mrs Comfort Olu Eyitayo declared while pouring eulogies on Jonathan Adewale, a secondary school leaver who broke the ICAN record.
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“Haven completed all stages of ATS, he went further to start the professional stages, six months later, he cleared six levels, which was May 2021, and in November 2021, he cleared all his papers at the final part,” she said
The 17-year-old school certificate graduate, Jonathan Adewale, has been offered a scholarship to the university level by ICAN.
Announcing the award at the 69th Induction Ceremony for new members on Wednesday in Lagos, ICAN President Mrs Comfort Olu Eyitayo, said it was in recognition of Adewale’s outstanding achievement as the youngest candidate to have fully completed and passed all the levels of ICAN examination in record time.
Eyitayo, who is the 57th president of ICAN was full of encomium for the young lad who however could not be admitted as a n associate of ICAN at the ceremony due to his age, stressing that by law, the minimum admission age is 21 years of age.
“He took ATS 1 in September 2020 and passed all in flying colours, six months later, he cleared ATS 2, and six months after, again he cleared ATS 3, which was September 2020.
“Haven completed all stages of ATS, he went further to start the professional stages, six months later, he cleared six levels, which was May 2021, and in November 2021, he cleared all his papers at the final part.
“He needs to be celebrated, he needs to be showcased to the world because this is what no one ever imagined could be achieved. This is is the first time it happening.
“He has broken the glass ceiling in the institute. As of today, nobody has made this record in Nigeria. We are celebrating him because he is an outstanding, and dynamic young man,” Eyitayo stressed. She said 1,264 persons were inducted, adding that they have joined over 3 million global accounting professionals under IFA.
