Expert advocates for prudence and and accountability in Treasury Management

By EDDY OCHIGBO

Lack of efficient and prudent treasury management in the country have been identified as the source of fraud and sharp practices in nation's public and private sector.

Dropping the hint during a breakfast meeting with Correspondents in Kaduna during the week, the Registrar and Chief Executive of the Chartered Institute of Treasury Management of Nigeria, Mr Adedoyin Olumide, reiterated that poor treasury management remains the bane of public and private finance utilization in the country, calling for greater synergy among all professionals in accounting, banking and finance.

He disclosed that the Chartered Institution of Treasury Management (CITM) - which recently secured presidential assent for the Act establishing the institute after waiting in the wings for more than a decade - is currently working round the clock to come up with innovations that would add value to public and private sector reform initiatives.

The registrar believes that when the operation of treasury management is allowed to impact on the economy of an entity, cash flows would be efficiently managed and utilized; and embezzlement would be greatly minimized.

"Apart from that, firms would operate with smaller amount of cash, better bank service, proper allocation of funds and risk of loss in management of investment in liquid assets would be eliminated", Olumide said, listing the cardinal focus of the institute to include the following:

* the promotion of the study and practice of proper treasury management as a safeguard against fraud, outright embezzlement, emasculations, misappropriation/misapplication of scarce resources placed in the care/custody of fund managers;

* encouraging professionalism in the field of treasury management to conduct researches into the best method and means of developing and applying the research results;

* provision of opportunities for treasury managers and financial controllers to improve and enhance their technical skills development as professionals;

* instilling high standard professional efficiency and effectiveness through training and retraining activities;

* maintaining professional discipline within the rank and file of practitioners and regulate the practice of the profession in all ramifications; and

* disseminating professional information on treasury management and other matters as the case may be.

The registrar, who strongly believes that a prudent and strategic approach to treasury management is the way to go, assured that such a step would definitely boost the nation's struggling economy. "Treasury management is not a new phenomenon. It ensures continuous liquidity for settlement of ensuing spontaneous obligations and minimizes associated risks of managing and investing in cash and near cash, thus preventing hemorrhage," he summed up.

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