ABSTRACT
The study on audit is an important one especially when it has to do with auditing as instrument of accountability in an organization accountability as we all knew, means answerable for ones action and behavior or within the emphasis that private official should be answerable for their actions. This if effort would permit and facilitate the achievement of cooperate goals. It is the efficiency of this accountability that auditing be it internal and external set out to appraise. This project work sought to examine the auditing as a tool for accountability in business organizations. A case study of; vinal aluminum company, the objective of the study were; to access the rule of as control machinery in the management of the company, to access the effectiveness and efficiency of auditing in the prevention and disclosure of the irregularities and to find out its associated problems as well as its recommendation as a profound solution to it. Data were collected both from primary sources, the primary sources were through questionnaires administration and personal interview. While secondary sources were text books from libraries and journals. Simple percentage and chi-square techniques were used in data analysis and testing of the three hypothesis 5% level of significance was provided for against error and 95% of work done is assumed to be current. From the studying, the finding reveals that negligence of duty, irregularities fraud, misappropriate of find and non adherence to ethnical code of the establishment, in my recommendation, audit department should be given a reasonable degree of independence to enable then report its finding on all activities of the co1npany. Qualified staff should be employed and all rule and regulations guiding the activities of every unit of the company should be observed. Above all, auditing rule should be emphasized and adhered to.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Title page I
Declaration 11
Certificate 111
Dedication IV
Acknowledgment v
Table of contents VI
List of tables Vlll
Abstract x
CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of study 1
1.2 Statement of the problem 4
1.3 The objective of the study 5
1.4 Significant of the study 6
1.5 Research questions 7
1.6 Research hypothesis 8
1.7 Scope and limitation of the study 9
CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1 Nature of auditing and purpose of auditing a general view 9
Audit .11
Audit an agency of financial control 11
Government auditing 12
Government and non government auditing a contrast 13
The role of the internal auditing in companies 14
The extent of management of information system 15
Evaluation of internal control in an organization 17
Functions of auditing 19
Concept of accountability 21
.. CHAPTER THREE
RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODOLOGY
3.1 Research design 23
3.2 Population 25
3.3 Sample and sarnp lc techniques 26
3.4 Sources of data 27
3.4.1 Primary data 28
3.4.2 Secondo ry sou recs of dat ..1 29
3.5 Instrument of data collection 29
3.6 Validation of research instrument 30
3.7 Method of data analysis 30
CHAPTER FOUR
PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS OF DATA INTRODUCTION
4_ยท1 Data presentation and analysis 34
4.2 Questionnaires distribution and collection 34
4.2.1 Summary of personal data 35
4.3 Testing of research hypothesis 45
4.3.1 f -lypothcsis 1 45
4.3.2 Hypothesis 2 48
4.3.3 Hypothesis 3 52
CHAPTER FIVE
SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION
5.1 Introduction
s.i Summary of findings
5.2 Conclusion
5.3 Rccommendation
GLOSSARY
REFERENCE
QUESTIONNAIRE
OPARAEZE, M (2020). AUDITING AS A TOOL FOR ENHANCING ACCOUNTABILITY IN BUSINESS ORGANIZATION (A CASE OF STUDY VINAL ALUMINUM COMP ANY). Repository.mouau.edu.ng: Retrieved Nov 22, 2024, from https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/auditing-as-a-tool-for-enhancing-accountability-in-business-organization-a-case-of-study-vinal-aluminum-comp-any
MOUAU/08/11760, OPARAEZE. "AUDITING AS A TOOL FOR ENHANCING ACCOUNTABILITY IN BUSINESS ORGANIZATION (A CASE OF STUDY VINAL ALUMINUM COMP ANY)" Repository.mouau.edu.ng. Repository.mouau.edu.ng, 02 Apr. 2020, https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/auditing-as-a-tool-for-enhancing-accountability-in-business-organization-a-case-of-study-vinal-aluminum-comp-any. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
MOUAU/08/11760, OPARAEZE. "AUDITING AS A TOOL FOR ENHANCING ACCOUNTABILITY IN BUSINESS ORGANIZATION (A CASE OF STUDY VINAL ALUMINUM COMP ANY)". Repository.mouau.edu.ng, Repository.mouau.edu.ng, 02 Apr. 2020. Web. 22 Nov. 2024. < https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/auditing-as-a-tool-for-enhancing-accountability-in-business-organization-a-case-of-study-vinal-aluminum-comp-any >.
MOUAU/08/11760, OPARAEZE. "AUDITING AS A TOOL FOR ENHANCING ACCOUNTABILITY IN BUSINESS ORGANIZATION (A CASE OF STUDY VINAL ALUMINUM COMP ANY)" Repository.mouau.edu.ng (2020). Accessed 22 Nov. 2024. https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/auditing-as-a-tool-for-enhancing-accountability-in-business-organization-a-case-of-study-vinal-aluminum-comp-any