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CHAPTER ONE 1.0   INTRODUCTION  1.1        Background of the study 1.2        Statement of problem 1.3        Objective of the study 1.4        Research Hypotheses 1.5        Significance of the study 1.6        Scope and limitation of the study 1.7       Definition of terms 1.8       Organization of the study   CHAPTER TWO 2.0   LITERATURE REVIEW CHAPTER THREE 3.0        Research methodology 3.1    sources of data collection 3.3        Population of the study 3.4        Sampling and sampling distribution 3.5        Validation of research instrument 3.6        Method of data analysis CHAPTER FOUR DATA ...

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY The practices of auditing originated from the necessity to impose some system of check upon persons whose business involves to record the receipt and disbursement of money on behalf of theirs. However, due to the crudeness of accounting methods in the early stages of civilization individuals checked accounts for themselves. The impetus given to trade and commerce in the 15th century by the Renanssance ...

  ABSTRACT The local Government is an indivisible agent of federal State government in carrying out this Administrative work in rural places in selected local government. The theme of this research is "financial management and Accountability in selected local government Area of Imo State personally considered this inevitable because of the numerous roles played in the urban areas in the country. There is no existence of any local government without ...

ABSTRACT Local government programmes are not always accomplished as planned due to some problems of financial control and accountability inherent in the system if is this high concern that motivated the researcher to carryout a study in this area. The populations of the study include only the finance and supply department of the local government council. However, sample size accounting staffs were selected from the department. The major instruments used ...

INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY  Recently effective management and accountability of financial resources vike cash in the public sector has begun to receive much emphasis primarily in response to increase in fraud and high inflations rate that devalue idle or unaccounted cash and most especially defeat of aims of establishing such emprises and extra ministerial department most government establishments are tightening their internal control system to ensure strategic management ...

ABSTRACT This research work was focused on investigation on the use of budgeting and budgetary control as tools for accountability in government parastatals. ( A case study of Enugu State Housing Development Corporation). Budgetary control is a quantitative expression of plane of action prepare in advance of period to which it relate. The organization is face with the problem of lack of budgeting while planning and controlling their activities. The objective of ...

ABSTRACT This research work is purely based on media organization accounting. Media industry is made up of the electronic and the print. The electronic sub-sector include the Television and radio as medium of communication whereas the print media include the magazine, newspaper and periodic as medium of communication.This sub-sector is largely controlled by time government but there is private ownership too. The research work focused mainly in the electronic media. ...

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1            BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: Corruption and looting of public treasury is a major problem in the public sector accounting. Report from office of statistics Lagos show that our accounting records are balanced in arrears and our financial records are hardly balanced daily, weekly, quarterly, half-yearly and yearly basis as appropriate. This was evidenced by Chief Olusegun Obasanjo during his first maiden address to the nation immediately he ...

Abstract Despite an impressive level of privatization activity across Africa and the upsurge in search of the operating performance of privatized firms in both develop and developing economies, our empirical knowledge of the privatization program in Africa is limited. The purpose of this study is to appraise the post privatization cost and operating performance as well as accountability of some privatized public enterprises in Nigeria. A survey research design was ...

ABSTRACT In this study internal control as an aid to accountability in the public sector was researched on using Biase local government area, cross river state as the case study. The major objective of the study was to find out and understand how internal control aids accountability in the public sector and to explain those relevant topics, which will enable any reader to understand and appreciate the important of how ...

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1  BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY The need for effective internal control measures as tools for transparency, probity and accountability in the management of public resources cannot be over emphasized. This starts from the fact that right from the creation of the world, means in-seniority cannot be compromised. As a result of that, there is need to make rules or laws guiding financial management or internal control for ...

CHAPTER ONE   INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY  1.1       THE NEED FOR ACCOUNTABILITY IN PUBLIC SECTOR At, the onset of the oil boom in the 1970’s, many were convinced that the era of scarcity has given way to abundant resources. A major problem was how to plan for the societies to be confronted with the vast increases in material wealth and leisure. The national priorities shifted rapidly as Nigerians embrace the ...

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY 1.1       THE NEED FOR ACCOUNTABILITY IN PUBLIC SECTOR At, the onset of the oil boom in the 1970’s, many were convinced that the era of scarcity has given way to abundant resources. A major problem was how to plan for the societies to be confronted with the vast increases in material wealth and leisure. The national priorities shifted rapidly as Nigerians embrace the ...

CHAPTER   ONE   1.0       INTRODUCTION   1.1       BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY The efficiency and effectiveness of the operations of a business depends on the control available to management in almost every business organization, there are a number of activities going on at the same time such as producing, purchasing, distributing, selling and financing a product. These are interrelated in such a way that they affect the attainment of the organization ...

ABSTRACT This study evaluated the impact of International Public Sector Accounting Standard (IPSAS) on the accountability of public fund in Nigeria which results in reliability, credibility and integrity of financial reporting in public sector organization in Nigeria. The purpose of this study is to ascertain the impact of IPSAS on reliability, credibility, and integrity of financial reporting. The findings or result of the study showed that the implementation or adoption ...

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1     AN OVERVIEW ACCOUNTABILITY This is now a national issue. The increasing incidence of fraud and misappropriation of funds and property by Accounting officers and chief executive in the public sector of the Nigeria economy pose pertinent question as to whether auditing plays any significant role towards ensuring proper accountability and judicious use of fund set aside for various purposes and corporate objectives. Some programmers and activities organized ...

ABSTRACT Nowadays, we are faced with the problem of poor management of funds and embezzlement of funds by officers in the public sectors of the country. The topic “auditing as an aid to accountability” was deliberately chosen by the researcher to address the problem of embezzlement and misappropriation of public fund. This research is directed towards finding the reliability of auditing as an aid to accountability. Chapter one serves as ...

ABSTRACT This research work was focused on investigation on the use of budgeting and  budgetary  control as tools  for  accountability  in  government Parastatals. (A case study of Enugu State Housing Development Corporation). Budgetary control is a quantitative expression of plane of action prepare in advance of period to which it relate. The organization is face with the problem of lack of budgeting while planning and controlling their activities. The objective ...

Abstract Despite an impressive level of privatization activity across Africa and the upsurge in search of the operating performance of privatized firms in both develop and developing economies, our empirical knowledge of the privatization program in Africa is limited. The purpose of this study is to appraise the post privatization cost and operating performance as well as accountability of some privatized public enterprises in Nigeria. A survey research design was ...

CHAPTER ONE BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY 1.1    INTRODUCTION The public sector is a part of the economy whose activities are under the control and direction of the government. These include civil service, statutory corporation and other government – controlled enterprises which provide public utility service. In public sector, accountability and transparency is a collective responsibility but every body cannot be “watch dogs or whistle blowers”. Rather the laws empower certain ...