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The '''Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ghana''' is a professional [[accountancy]] organisation.  It is the sole such organisation in [[Ghana]] with the right to award the [[Chartered Accountant]] designation, and with the right to regulate the accountancy profession in Ghana.  The Institute of Chartered Accountants (Ghana) was established by an [[Act of Parliament]], Act 170, in 1963.Act 170 was repealed in 2020 after the President of the Republic of Ghana assented to a new Act, Institute of Chartered Accountants, Ghana Act, 2020, Act 1058.  Members of the organisation are the only persons recognized under the Companies Code (Act 179) 1963, to pursue [[audit]]s of company accounts in [[Ghana]].  It is governed by a council of eleven members who are chartered accountants. The council, headed by a president, holds office for a period of two years.
Institute of Chartered Accountants, Ghana is a member of two international bodies, the sub-regional ABWA or [[Association of Accountancy Bodies in West Africa]], and the [[International Federation of Accountants]] (IFAC), the worldwide organization for the accountancy profession.
==Past Presidents==
*Dr. R. S. Amegashie - 1963 to 1967
*Mr. [[Samuel Wilberforce Awuku-Darko|S. W. Awuku Darko]] - 1967 to 1969
*Nana Aninkora Ababio (Mr. S. I. K. Boakye-Agyeman) - 1969 to 1974
*Mr. [[Harry Dodoo|H. A. Dodoo]] - 1974 to 1976
*Mr. J. K. Dadson - 1976 to 1978
*Mr. D. H. Simpson - 1978 to 1980
*Prof. B. C. F. Lokko - 1980 to 1982
*Mr. J. K. Forson - 1982 to 1984
*Mr. E. M. Boye - 1984 to 1986
*Mr. S. O. Annan - 1986 to 1988
*Mr. K. N. Owusu - 1988 to 1990
*Nii Quaye Mensah - 1990 to 1992
*Mr. P. A. Abotsie - 1992 to 1994
*Mr. John Sey - 1994 to 1996
*Hon. [[Albert Kan-Dapaah]] - 1996 to 1996
*Mr. [[J. Nee Amahtey Hyde| J. N. A. Hyde]] - 1996 to 1998
*Mr. F. D. Tweneboa - 1998 to 2000
*Ms. Aurore Lokko - 2000 to 2002
*Mr. J. A. Y. Klinogo - 2002 to 2004
*Mr. D. T. DAcquaye - 2004 to 2006
*Nana Prof. Ato Ghartey - 2006 to 2008
*Mrs. Cecilia Nyann - 2008 to 2010
*Mr. Joseph F. O. Blankson - 2010 to 2012
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==External links==
*[http://www.icagh.com/ Institute of Chartered Accountants-Ghana]
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