A mother of five Rukayatu Alhassan, has emerged as the overall best student in “Public Sector Accounting and Finance” in level two of the November 2016 Chartered Accountants Examination.

The exam which is organized by the certified Ghana based professional body, Institute of Chartered Accountants (Ghana) [ICAG] saw Mrs. Alhassan who is also a staff of the Controller and Accountant General Department who is also grandaunt, named among one of the best students for the sitting.

Speaking to the thebftonline.com, the elated Mrs. Alhassan thanked his family especially the husband for his unflinching support in keeping the home and encouragement throughout the period of here studies.

“I Thank the Almighty Allah for helping me to go through this course and let me say a big thank you to my husband and his brother Nat Acheampong for their support throughout the period. I say, may Allah bless them and replenish whatever they have lost, as they also supported me financially. I also say I big thank you to my office as well. It was not easy for me but with determination, I made it.”

She therefore took the opportunity and called on young girls and ladies in school especially those taking accounting, to have self determination to complete whatever they have started and pray with the hope that Allah will see them through.

“let me say that, this is not my first time that I have written this particular paper that I got this award in. My first time I wrote this paper, I failed it but that did not discourage me, even though I was sad. I rather told myself I write again and become the best in it. And true today this is what has happened with Allah’s help and determination. So, I will encourage the young ones to have self-determination and believe that they can even do better than I have done.”

“Even though the accounting field is almost the preserve of our men, the best accountants in the world today are women. So, I will encourage more girls and ladies to venture into the area and I trust that we can do better than any man,” she added.

The first Graduation and Admission into membership of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, Ghana (ICAG) in 2017 took place in Accra today.

A total of 219 got themselves Inducted into membership of the Chartered Accountant professional programme while 20 qualified to be Accounting Technician Scheme West Africa (ATSWA) and received certificates for successfully completing their respective programmes.

The 41-year-old Rukayatu Alhassan, has been into accounting since her senior high school days at then Tamale Ghana Secondary School.

She has a Diploma in Business Administration (DBS) and Higher National Diploma (HND) all from the Tamale Polytechnic.

From Tamale Polytechnic Mrs. Alhassan continued her education at the University of Professional studies (UPS) where she earned a degree in Business Administration, Accounting option and had a Master’s in Business Administration with specialisation in Public Finance in the same Institution