ABSTRACT
Transparency and accountability in the rummage of affairs of public and private establishment is one thing that management of difference organizations especially the government owned enterprises and extra ministerial department have been finding difficult to encore in their operations.
Even government reform programmes have failed abysmally to address the issue. Public sector business is seen as a conduct pipe to Syphon and embezzle funds by its regulators and operators to the determent of our national economy.
Incidentally internal auditing is one of the instrument used in accomplishing this all improatnt objective of ensuring effective management and accountability in different going concerns this research is carried out to find out and evaluate the role played by auditing in sanitizing the system.
The introductory part of the resaerch work examines the need for an appointing an independent person called “Auditor” to look into the financial statement and transactions for the purpose of examining them. The history of auditing was traced and its objective highlighted.
The staff of Udi local government council in Udi L.G.A formed the population of the study. In the last chapter recommendations where made to suggest ways and means of ensuring effective management and accountability in the running of government business
TABLE OF CONTENT
Cove page
Title page
Approval page
Dedication
Acknowledgement
Abstract
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of the study
1.2 Statement of the problem
1.3 Purpose of study
1.4 Research question
1.5 Hypothesis
1.6 The scope of the study
1.7 The significance of the study
1.8 The definition of terms
CHAPTER TWO
LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1 The origin of auditing and its purpose
2.2 The meaning of internal auditing
2.3 The concept of internal auditing
2.4 The purpose of internal auditing
2.5 Establishment of auditing committee
2.6 The meaning of management
2.7 The functions of management
2.8 The concept of accountability
2.9 Detection of errors and fraud
2.10 Auditing report and relevance
CHAPTER THREE
RESAERCH METHODOLOGY
3.1 The design of the study
3.2 Area of study
3.3 The population of study
3.4 Staple and sampling technique
3.5 Instrument of data collection
3.6 Validation of instrument
3.7 Reliability of instrument
3.8 Method of data collection
3.9 Method of data analysis
CHAPTER FOUR
DATA PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS
4.1 Data presentation
4.2 Data analysis
4.3 Summary of finding
CHAPTER FIVE
DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION OF RESULTS.
5.1 Discussion of finding
5.2 Conclusion of the study
5.3 Recommendation
5.4 Implication of the finding
5.5 Suggestion for the further studies
5.6 Limitation of the study
Reference
Appendices
