Her voice is fast rising in the body of professional accountants in the South-South and Port Harcourt zone. Top leaders in that profession around Nigeria are beginning to rally around her to put issues on the front burner, finding her as a beacon of hope for the profession.
Her name is Chioma Obianuju Ojukwu, who broke into the academic limelight as the best graduating student of Accounting at Abia State University in 2000 and proved this by hitting a 5.0 CGPA result in her Ph.D. Degree Programme in the UNIPORT years later.
Chioma is the 9th child out of the 10 children of her late parents, a chief and lolo, Augustine & Kate Mbakwe of Umukegwu-Akokwa Autonomous Community in Ideato North L.G.A. of Imo State. Hints from her background say that due to her loving, friendly and kind-hearted natural disposition, her Mum gave her a pet name – Angelic Nwa. She is fondly called Chommistic Chommy by her friends for her quintessential demeanour, while her colleagues call her Madam Activity because of her natural abilities to passionately but cheerfully deliver excellent deliverables in any assignment given to her.
When she was crowned the pioneer chairman of a new ICAN district called Obio/Akpor District & Society earlier in 2025, she immediately rolled out a programme that would place ICAN on the front burner every three months called the Quarterly Lecture & Luncheon series. This has allowed ICAN to deliberate on an impactful topic every three months, and this raises the ICAN voice nationwide.
Her first was three months ago titled; ‘Integrity in Action: Navigating Ethical Challenges in the Accounting Profession”. Now, is ‘Nigerian Tax Act: Laws and Practices’. This was carefully handled by Kennedy Iwundu, an associate professor of forensic accounting.
In her welcome remarks, Chioma said the lecture was to address what she called concerns, questions, and worries of accountants and members of the public over the new tax laws.
The Uniport lecturer said the new tax law in town is a bone of contention. “Many of us have not read them, and many of us have questions in mind. Students, too, need answers. People need to know how to navigate the economic times by understanding the new tax laws.”
She also said ICAN members must uphold integrity as they practise with the new law, hoping that it would help to reform the economy.
