Accounting Education in Nigeria Universities: Challenging or Not?

Accounting Education in Nigerian Universities: Challenges and Prospects 

Introduction

Accounting education in a university incorporates a package of instructional programmes designed to educate “would be” accountants, to make them versatile and adaptable to any of the numerous roles they may be called upon to play after graduation (Anao, 2009). Such education, among other things, seeks to develop concepts, rules, skills, procedures, theories and general knowledge for solving accounting problems (Andersone,1985). It emphasizes the ability to differentiate and integrate alternative problem solving perspectives, the ability
to identify accounting related information resources,

the ability to structure solutions to problems and develop communication skills as well as the ability to analyze, and interpret problem situations and figure out lasting solutions (Baker et, al, 1995). 

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