Effectiveness of the audit committee to quality financial reporting in Nigeria. CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Financial reporting is the preparation of published report for users of financial statements. Theissues relating to financial reporting could be traced back to 1975 with the advent of what wasthen known as corporate report, in England. In Nigeria, following the increasing demand forfinancial information on companies, financial reporting h...
ABSTRACT This research project is designed to bring out the importance of audit to the effective working of the organization using First Bank Nigeria Plc Okpara Avenue,Enugu State. In pursuant to this, data were collected by personal interview, questionnaires and through researcher’s observation. Secondary data were collected from journals, publications and related works. Also, findings showed that all the strategies for effective working operations are applicable in the case st...
n order to strengthen the competitive and operational capabilities of banks in Nigeria with a view towards returning global and public confidence to the Nigerian banking sector and the economy in general, the Central Bank of Nigeria instituted a banking reform in 2004. Mergers and Acquisitions have taken charge in creating a market niche by making top notch service delivery achievable through the synergy that is achieved after M & A takes place. The Nigerian banking sector has seen many lar...
ABSTRACT Fraudulent practices in Nigerian Deposit Money Banks (DMBS) have led to increased losses and collapse of deposit banks, hence the need to use digital forensics services to detect and prevent such fraudulent activities. The banking industry is a very important institution with many internal controls in order to overcome the fraudulent practices. The objective of this study was to examine the impact of digital forensics services on fraud detection and prevention among deposit money ...
ABSTRACT This study examines forensic accounting as a tool for fraud detection and prevention in the Public Sector. In conducting the study, hypotheses were stated and questionnaires were drawn in line with the hypotheses for testing. The study utilized primary source of data collection. A total of 132 questionnaires were retrieved from staff of Nigerian Film Corporation, Jos. Analysis was carried out using descriptive statistics, chi-square. The null hypotheses were rejected indicating ...
ABSTRACT Treasury Single Account (TSA) came as a quick fix to regulating the level of accountability and transparency in the financial resources of the government of the country. Treasury Single Account (TSA) is a unified structure of government bank accounts enabling consolidation and optimal utilization of government cash resources. Through this bank account or set of linked bank accounts, the government transacts all its receipts and payments and gets a consolidated view of its cash positi...
ABSTRACT This study investigated the impact of microfinance banks on financial inclusion in Nigeria using five selected microfinance banks in Abuja as a case study. The purpose of the study is to examine the impact of micro financing on financial inclusion in Nigeria and to see how other factors surrounding the microfinance banks affects financial inclusion. A likert type questionnaire was used for data collection. A total of 100 respondents were randomly selected as sample for the study to...
ABSTRACT The focus of this research is on the impact of financial literacy on the profitability of some small-scale enterprises in Calabar Municipality, Cross River State. An inquiry into their level of adoption of financial literacy was also studied. A review of related literature was carried out to examine the extent of work done in the field. A carefully structured questionnaire was used to collected data on the level of adoption of financial literacy and also a financial literacy test. S...
CHAPTER ONE1.0.BACKGROUND OF THE STUDYFinancial instability has been in the scene of Nigerian economy for a long time. Itis obvious that the financial instability is an important topic to develop. The costburden associated with bank failure is so disturbing that the need for continuedstudy of causes of banking financial instability on both the practical and theoreticallevel cannot be overemphasized. Some years back, Nigeria witnessed numerousbank failures. Example Savannah bank, All State Tru...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of Value Added Tax on the Nigerian economy as it relates to how it can improve government revenue and throws more light in its contribution to the economic growth and development of Nigeria. A review of literature relating to the impact, administration and collection of VAT in Nigeria was elucidated and questionnaires and oral interview were distributed. A Simple percentage table presentation and chi-square were used to analyze...
Abstract The study evaluates the performance of TransNamib using ratios analysis, to determine how the company performs by breaking further the information in the financial statements for the financial year 2012 and 2013. The study used descriptive to interpret secondary data which were obtained from TransNamib. Performance was measured using different financial ratios such as Liquidity, which indicated that the company position to pay its short term debts was very bad. Profitability ratios ...
Abstract The study evaluates the performance of TransNamib using ratios analysis, to determine how the company performs by breaking further the information in the financial statements for the financial year 2012 and 2013. The study used descriptive to interpret secondary data which were obtained from TransNamib. Performance was measured using different financial ratios such as Liquidity, which indicated that the company position to pay its short term debts was very bad. Profitability ratios ...
ABSTRACT The research study is structured towards the role of Nigerian stock exchange in the valuation and management of business enterprise in Nigeria from 2002 – 2014. Some of the objectives like the reason for the establishment of the capital market, the modes of operation, were highlighted in this research work. To accomplish the study, a well-structured questionnaire and interview were used in the data collection. On the data analysis, a simple percentage was used for each of the qu...
ABSTRACT Tax is a compulsory levy imposed by the government on the income or profit of the taxpayers in order to pay the expenses of governance. Capital Gains Tax is a form of tax chargeable on capital gains arising from the disposal of chargeable assets. This paper examines the nature and the justification for Capital Gain Tax as a lucrative ground for raising revenue for development especially in the developing countries. In Nigeria, Capital Gain Tax is yet to yield the desir...
ABSTRACT This research work is aimed at ascertaining the various positive impart which merger and acquisition has contributed in banking growth in Nigeria banking industries and prospects in the banking world using access bank in Enugu state as a case study. The importance of merger and acquisition will be apparent when considering the fact from the data that is gathered in the course of this work, from the related literature as well as, from interviews and discussions. Also questionnaires w...