§ 96. Mr. Sorensenasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what facilities for educational training in accountancy exist in Nigeria; and what steps he is taking to provide more adequate facilities.
Mr. Creech JonesThere is a Treasury school at Lagos for training new entrants to the Department and giving advanced instruction to more senior clerks. The Nigerian Government are considering the possibility of expanding it into a Central
298Wthere was a further increase in price. The world market prices are also average minimum prices over a period. The difference between the producers' price and the world market price before the war was accounted for by carriage, insurance and freight charges and merchants' profits. The difference after the war is accounted for by carriage and freight charges and the amounts placed to reserve by the West African Produce Control Board, primarily for price stabilisation purposes.
Accountancy School to provide training for accountancy staff in other Departments of the Central Government and in local bodies. The Clerical Training College at Zaria provides, inter alia, training in Treasury procedure for native administrative staff in the northern region.