ABSTRACT
Ineffective revenue generation in the local government has been a prolonged issue, coupled with the accounting system which seems to fall short of the idea which prompted this study on the "Appraisal of Local Government Accounting System and Fund Management in Nigeria (A Study of Umuahia North, Umuahia South and Bende Local Government Area)".The purpose of this study among other things was to establish the adequacy of accounting system which provides the necessary financial control and accountability, in the same vein to ascertain the effectiveness of its revenue. The works of various experts in the public sector accounting, local government system and administration were reviewed in detailed.The study has a population 60 staff of the finance department, which falls within the survey range. Out of the over, a sampling size of 20 was determined through the use of Taro Yamane fonnular. In the analysis of the questionnaire which was the major source of primary data used in simple percentage were adopted, whereas a_ one way ANOV A statistical tool was used in testing of hypothesis. The outcome of the stud~ r~veals that ~he method of revenue generation in the local government council ts not effective due to over dependence on statutory allocation
TABLE OF CONTENT
Certification ..
Declaration
Dedication
Acknowledgement
Table of content
List of tables x
List of figures XI
Abstract
CHAPTER ONE I
1.0 Introduction
1.1 Background of the Study
1.2 Statement of Problem 3
1.3 Objectives of the Study 4
1.4 Research Question 4
1.5 Research Hypothesis 5
1.6 Significance of the Study 5
1.7 Limitation of the Study 6
CHAPTER TWO
2·0 Review of Related Literature
2.1 Conceptual Review
2.1.1 Functions of the Local Government
2.1.2 Nature of Local Government
2.2 Theoretical Review
2.2.1 Auditing
2.2.2 Auditing of Local Government Accounts 10
2.3 Emperical Review
2.3.1 Budgeting and Budgetary Control
2.3.2 Budget
2.3.3 Budgetary Control
2.3.4 Local Government Annual Estimates 18
2.3.5 Objectives of Annual Estimate
2.3.6 Sources of Local Government Finances
2.3.7 Government Grants and Loans (External Source)
2.3.8 Local Government Accounting Report 22
2.4 Administrative Responsibility in Local Government 25
2.5 The Institutional Framework for Fund Management of Local Government 28
2.6 Accounting Records and Procedures 30
2.7 Safe Keeping of Accounting Records
CHAPTER THREE
f .0 Research Methodology
3. 1 Research Desi61J1
3 .2 Study Area
3 .2. 1 Bende Local Government Area 38
3.2.2 Umuahia North Local Government Area 39
3.2.3 Urnuhaia South Local Government Area 40
3.3 Scope of the Study 41
3.4 Population of the Study 41
3.5 Sample and Sampling Techniques 41
3.6 Data Collection Procedure 42
3.6.1 Validity and Reliability 42
3.6.2 Administration 42
3.7 Data Analysis Procedure 41
CHAPTE~ FOUR 44
4. 0 Results and Discussion 44
CHAPTER FIVE 65
5.0 Summary, Conclusion, Recommendation and Suggestion for further research
5.1 Summary and finding 65
5 .2 Conclusion 66
5.3 Recommendation 66
5.4 Suggestion for Further Research 67
Reference 68
Appendix
ULOKAMEJE, M (2020). AN APPRAISAL OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTING SYSTEM AND FUND MANAGEMENT IN NIGERIA (A STUDY OF SELCTED·L.G._A IN ABIA STATE). Repository.mouau.edu.ng: Retrieved Nov 23, 2024, from https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/an-appraisal-of-local-government-accounting-system-and-fund-management-in-nigeria-a-study-of-selcted%C2%B7l-g-a-in-abia-state
MOUAU/09/14552, ULOKAMEJE. "AN APPRAISAL OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTING SYSTEM AND FUND MANAGEMENT IN NIGERIA (A STUDY OF SELCTED·L.G._A IN ABIA STATE)" Repository.mouau.edu.ng. Repository.mouau.edu.ng, 11 Apr. 2020, https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/an-appraisal-of-local-government-accounting-system-and-fund-management-in-nigeria-a-study-of-selcted%C2%B7l-g-a-in-abia-state. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
MOUAU/09/14552, ULOKAMEJE. "AN APPRAISAL OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTING SYSTEM AND FUND MANAGEMENT IN NIGERIA (A STUDY OF SELCTED·L.G._A IN ABIA STATE)". Repository.mouau.edu.ng, Repository.mouau.edu.ng, 11 Apr. 2020. Web. 23 Nov. 2024. < https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/an-appraisal-of-local-government-accounting-system-and-fund-management-in-nigeria-a-study-of-selcted%C2%B7l-g-a-in-abia-state >.
MOUAU/09/14552, ULOKAMEJE. "AN APPRAISAL OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTING SYSTEM AND FUND MANAGEMENT IN NIGERIA (A STUDY OF SELCTED·L.G._A IN ABIA STATE)" Repository.mouau.edu.ng (2020). Accessed 23 Nov. 2024. https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/an-appraisal-of-local-government-accounting-system-and-fund-management-in-nigeria-a-study-of-selcted%C2%B7l-g-a-in-abia-state