ABSTRACT
This work is on the professional accountancy bodies and their
impact on the development of accounting profession in Africa with
more concentration in Nigeria.
In order to find out the impact of these professional bodies on the
development of accountancy in Nigeria, the activities of these
professional bodies were examined. These activities includes the
professional examinations of each of the professional bodies. The
stages it will take someone to be a professional accountant. The
mandatory continuing professional education of these bodies. These
are organs of some of these professional bodies which contribute
immensely in the development of accountancy in Nigeria. some of
these bodies include society of women accountants of Nigeria
[SWAN], chartered accountants in business [CAB],etc. the activities
and contribution of these bodies were also looked into. This work also
looked into the problems, prospects and what authors are saying
about the impact of these professional accounting bodies in the
development of accountancy in Nigeria. In carrying out this research
and making the analysis, it was concluded that the professional
accounting profession in Nigeria.
