ACCOUNTABILITY IN PUBLIC SECTOR: A PRE-CONDITION FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA.(A CASE STUDY OF N NEWY-NORTY LOCAL GOVERNMENT OF ANAMBRA STATE)
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ACCOUNTABILITY IN PUBLIC SECTOR: A PRE-CONDITION FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA.(A CASE STUDY OF N NEWY-NORTY LOCAL GOVERNMENT OF ANAMBRA STATE)
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PROPOSAL:The object of this study is to find out how relevant accountability is to our nation Nigeria. Accountability in public administration refers to produce in financial and material management of scare resources for the general welfare of the citizens. However; lack of accountability and improper accounting by our public officers has presented a big blow to the economy. In this work, much emphasis will be laid on the need for accountability in public sector, the evolution of unmilitary on accountability, the various factors that militate against accountability and the various methods of enforcing accountability in our nation in order to bring economize growth and development will be exhaustively discussed among others, Thus, the government will have to device ways and means of making public officers accountable number of public financial ethers will be laid out to support the need for adequate accountability in the management of public finds and resources . There information will be gotten from the use of analysis of data through questionnaire and interviews. In conclusion, several recommendations for appropriate accountability among public officers will be made by this study.

TABLE OF CONTENT

CHAPTER ONE

  1.     INTRODUCTION
    1.  Background of the study
    2. Statement of the study
    3. Objective of the study
    4. Significance of the study
    5.  Scope of the study
    6. Limitation of the study
    7. Brief history of Nnewi north local government
    8. Definition of terms
    9. References

CHAPTER TWO

  1.                    REIVEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
    1. Accountability and the Nigerian societal ethics and values
    2. Evaluation of military on accountability
    3. Methods of enforcing accountability
    4. The role of accountability in Nnewi North local government of Anambara State
    5. Factors that militate against accountability in the public sector.
    6. The professional ethics of public financial management.
    7. Accounting documents and recording transactions
    8. References.

CHAPTER THREE
  1.       RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

3.1       Research Design

  1. Data Collection Method
  2. Data Presentation And Analysis
  3. Statement of Null and Alternative Hypothesis.

 

CHAPTER FOUR

  1.    REPORT AND DATA ANALYSIS

4.1   Analysis Based On Objectives

  1. Hypothesis Testing
  2. Discussion
  3. Data Analysis Of The Local Government
  4. Organization Of The Accounts/ Finance Department
  5. The Nnewi-North Local Government’s Accounting System.
  6. General   Financial Arrangement
  7. Control And Reporting
  8. Planning And Performance Evaluation

CHAPTER FIVE

  1.    FINDINGS, RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONCLUSIONS

5.1 Summary Of Findings

  1. Conclusion
  2. Recommendations

Bibliography

Appendix.

 

 

CHAPTER ONE

1.0              INTRODUCTION/ BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

1.1     THE NEED FOR ACCOUNTABILITY IN PUBLIC SECTOR

        At, the onset of the oil boom in the 1970’s, many were convinced that the era of scarcity has given way to abundant resources. A major problem was how to plan for the societies to be confronted with the vast increases in material wealth and leisure. The national priorities shifted rapidly as Nigerians embrace the increased material wealth with poor planning and abundant waste. The cost of running the government enlarged bureaucracy and social programme increased tremendously as money realized from the oil boom was squandered with impurity. Inflation, affluence and ostentation life- style became the habits of Nigerians.

      A decade later, in the 1980’s the fail i8n oil prices presented a big blow on the Nigerian Economy. The financial plight of the nations’ book on crises, inflation, lack of liquidity and unfavorable balance of payment forced the government to introduced several economic survival package such as: the economic stabilization and reconstruction of policy, by the shagari administration and numerous reforms and commissions set up to bring spending sanity on the populace to a lower level for improvement of the situation in the near future. For these reasons accountability or the demand for public offices to give account of public resources, be it funds, properties, public statement, personal behaviors, actions, performance will continue to be of great concern to government policy makers.

      As the public continues to feel an increasing painful economic pinch, the management practices of public officers will be under great scruting. If government and public officers cannot account for the way they use resources, then there will be a complete loss of confidence and trust on programme, necessary resulting to general apathy and discontent among the populace and even a breakdown of law and order. Thus, the inherent problem, facing the government is to device ways and means of making public officers accountable to the taxpayers for the scarce resources under their care and for their actions while discharging their duties. In essence, accountability in public administration refers to efficient management of resources for the general welfare of the citizens. This idea will be fully developed in the proceeding discussions.

However, the modest intention of this paper is to examine several government policies aimed at inhibility accountability among public officers, determine environmental factors that militate against accountability, and postulate strategies for prudent financial management and propriety among officers. Pursuit of these objectives wills necessitates relevant discussions of accountability corruption, as a mechanism for controlling waste, property values and efficiency in the management of public of fund.

In Nigeria today, accountability has become of great concern to both the government and the taxpayers. Accountability to public administrators refers to prudent in financial or materials management of scare resources. It connotes the idea of doing more with little and being able to account for every aspect   of the resources involved in the process.

To max Weber, accountability entails “mental revolution” of the workers so as to embrace every fact of the efficiency theory. Thus, accountability involves a process by which a public officer can be able to give account of his performance through a process model of input-process-output.

     Accountability refers to a situation where; “a public officer takes charge of the property belonging to the public. This implies that there is a contractual agreement either by verbal or written or simply understood that a public officer must give an account of his actions in regard to the property to the owner (the public, government or his representatives).

If anything has bothered careful observers in recent times, it is the manner in which public finances and properties are wasted with impunity either by embezzlement, arson, accidents, mismanagement or inefficient application one can stop for a moment to wonder whether the abandoned machineries, equipment cars found littered all around our government house and the government ministries belonged to one person, wouldn’t the person immediately repair them and put them back into use? The view expressed by Ejimofor in his writing is similar to the above he stated thus, “that smart massagers, clerks, administrators, executives, ministers, commissioners, military, governors and even head of state were found guilty over alleged criminal, and, man over of public fund, material and resources’.

Likewise Ugwu in his own contribution said “that civil service is notable for waste and inefficiency which can be attributing to bureaucratic straight adherence to routines and procedures.”

In the past, cases of embezzlement involving millions of naira have been uncovered in various ministers in the local government, state which the attitude of public officers and government towards the offence has been luke-warm. This in effect encourages more embezzlement, as punishments methods on offending public officers are lesser than the offence committed.

Most Nigerian have grown to accept and conceive public offices as a “money making machine.” There is nothing new in public officers making one millions of naira after one year of office whereas his salary is not to two hundred thousand naira annually. The extent to which corruption has infested and infact polluted our public institution is far unimaginable. A panel constituted by the government was saying “there were 10 to 70 outstanding audit           quarries inn connection with expenditure vouchers for federal non-accounting minrtines and local government covering the eight year period 1965 to 1972.”  Ejiofor summarized the issue on accountability in his theory as follows:

  1. The average Nigerian is corrupt, dishonest, nepotic, tribalistic and lazy and is all the time seeking for the opportunity to defraud and cheal his employer.
  2. The Nigerian society does not reward hard work, diligence, objectivity, selflessness, patience and inventiveness; the emphasis is on shortcuts, self-satisfactory, now-now and quick quick.
  3. The environment in Nigeria is not conducive for effective and efficient running of organization(s), a pre-condition for Notional development

In this study, which is meant to show that no meaningful growth and development can take place in any Nnewi North local government of Anambra state, Nigeria? Without disciplined public officers. Who can be accountable for their actions and behaviors and also for the resources under their care?

A nations development and growth potentials are measured by the ability of its’ public officers level of accountability both while in the office and long after when they have left office.

Hence, accountability should be critically examined to provide some guide towards the transformation of the economics growth and development in our country, Nigeria.

 

 

 

  1. STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM.

Accountability has a very large effect on the Nigeria economic growth and development. In Nigeria today, accountability has become of great concern to both the government and the taxpayers. Accountability in public administration refers to prudence in financial and, material management of scare resources for the general welfare of the citizen. It is concerned with the idea of doing more with little and being able to account for every aspect of the resources involved in the process.

Many factors militate against accountability in our nation. These factors are instruments of mismanagement of public funds instability of tenure officers, hereditary influences, administrative loyalty and eye –service syndrome and institution inefficiency. The contains poor accounting conduct in our public sector is contributory to the under development of both local and the nation as a whole. The contions poor accounting conduct in our public sector is contributory to the underdevelopment of both local and the nation as a whole. The extravagant attitude exhibited by public officers who have amassed public finds and the socio economics effects of their acts have been a subject of national concern in recent time.

Thus the inherent problem facing the government is to device ways and means of making public officers accountable. A number of public financial ethics have evolved to support the need for adequate account ability in the management of public finals; these affirmative ethical principles include in department integrity and objectively include all proper transaction from the view point of generally accepted accounting principles and possession of competence and technical standards.

From the above, one can deduce that commutable is a precondition for economic growth and development. The statement of research problems becomes:

  1. What are the reasons for efficient accountability and the cause of inefficient accountability
  2. Whose responsibility is it to ensure that effective and efficient accounting system operates or exists?
  3. What are the prospects of accountability in public sector in order to circumvent the inherent causes of inefficient accounting system

 

 

  1. THE OBJECTIVES OF STUDY  

            The aim and objectives of this study include;

  1. To identify the various factors that militate against accountability in Nnewi North local government of Anambra state of Nigeria
  2. To determine the implication of accountability, its effects on economic growth and development Nnewi North Nigeria.
  3. To determine the attitude of Nigerians towards accountability
  4. Finally, to suggest based on my findings some remedies for appropriate accountability among public officers

 

  1. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY

Research data from this study with added more facts to the existing body of knowledge.  It will show the causes of poor accountability attitude and lack of proper adequate accounting system of our public officers in the Nigeria. This study will also provide a way of tackling such problem.

It should be noted that accountability applied both to the obligation to perform work and to exercise authority. This means that accountability is always an upward activity this study should be of immense importance to all the financial studies students. The accounting students need this study should be of immense importance to the entire financial studies student. The accounting student needs this study for th

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