ABSTRACT
This project on the Accounting system in local government is an evaluation of accounting as a tool to keep proper accounting statements in local government.
The main objective of the project are to enable the business organization appreciate the standard requirement for making financial statement at large to have full understanding of accounting standard in local government.
To achieve these objectives, the project was divided into five chapter and preliminary pages and for clarification.
Chapter one dealt with the introduction, establishing the objectives of the study, short historical background of the study. It also looked at statement of problem and significant of the study, internal control and definition of terms.
Chapter two dealt with literature review. It is divided into section for clarity. It consists of extract from textbook, journals and other periodicals.
Chapter three discussed the steps by the researcher in the other in which they were carried out, highlighting the basic research design, sources of data and data collected were analyzed and quantitative techniques used.
Chapter four dealt with summary of findings and discussion of finding. Chapter five includes the recommendation and conclusion.
TABLE OF CONTENT
TITLE PAGE
APPROVAL PAGE
DEDICATION
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
TABLE OF CONTENT
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
1.2STATEMENT OF PROBLEM
1.3PURPOSE OF THE STUDY
1.4SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
1.5DEFINITION OF TERMS
CHAPTER TWO
2.1 DEFINITION
2.2 ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLE
2.3 WORKING PAPER
2.4 PREPARATION OF VOUCHERS
2.5 ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OF TREASURY DEPT
2.6 TREASURY FINAL ACCOUNT
2.7 THE RECONCILIATION UNIT
2.8 HISTORY OF GOVERNMENT A/C IN NIGERIA
CHAPTER THREE
RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODOLOGY
3.1 SOURCES OF DATA
3.2 LOCATION OF DATA
3.3 METHODS OF DATA COLLECTION
CHAPTER FOUR
4.1 SUMMARY OF FINDINGS
4.2 DISCUSSION OF FINDINGS
CHAPTER FIVE
RECOMMENDATION AND CONCLUSION