ABSTRACT: This research paper is on the problems of financing government corporations (TRACAS CASE OF STUDY). In carrying out the research, the researcher intends to find out the outlet to which commercial banks finance the activities of TRANSPORT COMPANY OF ANAMBRA STATE LIMITED, to ascertain whether the ability of TRACAS to meet debt repayment schedule of financiers militate against is availability of funds, to determine the extent to which the government of Anambra state have helped in financing the corporation. The researcher collected data from both primary and secondary sources. Data collected was presented and analysed and hypothesis formulated was tested using the chi-square method of testing hypothesis. The researcher found out the following insufficient finance from commercial banks has a significant effect on the activities of TRACAS; Inability of TRACAS to meet debt repayment schedule of finances militate against the availability of funds from TRACAS; inability of funding TRACAS has a significant effect on as activities and performances; inability of government of Anambra state to finance TRACAS.The following recommendation, were made government should try and provide enough fund to corporations through commercial banks. They need to act as their guarantor in searing the fund. The high interest changed is to be looked into to enable corporations to service their borrowed fund. I suggest that if all these recommendations were properly implemented it will go a long way in improving the efficiency of corporations in this nation.
PROPOSAL
The purpose of this study is to expose the problems of financing government corporations that has led to their poor performance. Limiting the study to TRACAS this research work is to;
Ascertain the effect of inadequate funding of TRACAS to provide adequate scanty on the obtaining of finance;
Ascertain whether the ability of TRACAS to meet debt repayment schedule of financers militate against its availability of funds.
Determine the extent to which the high interest rate charged by commercial banks affect the loan seeking habit of TRACAS.
My data will be collected from both primary and secondary sources. The data will be presented and analysed when collected hypothesis will be tested using chi-square method.
The volume of this job will cover from chapter one to chapter five. The paging should be according to the sub-heading of each chapter.
TABLE OF CONTENT
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
DATA PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS
FINDINGS RECOMMENDATION AND CONCLUSION
Findings
Conclusion
Recommendation
Bibliography
Questionnaires
INTRODUCTION
Public corporations are enterprises which are partly or wholly owned by the government, which private enterprises have been unable to take care of due to lack of adequate capital.
In any organization, there are so many components put together that make for an effective performance. One of these components is the fund. The problem that arises is the adequacy of the fund for effective other of the operations of an organization, through out its life time many organization which started well at the initial stage have failed by the wayside due to shortage of available funds.
Government have generally started playing a major role in economic development and in starting large enterprise in public sector. Many parastatals care into being when it was believed that rapid economic development required the state to table on the role of an enter premier. I should also be known that government movement in running public sector help in shaping its economy. Government ownership of these enterprises is to help improve its social and economic well being of her people and those amenities that the entrepreneurs cannot provide.
Public enterprise could be classified into four categories according to the degree of government participation in ownership and intervention in management. Firstly, governmental enterprises – composed of various government departments. Secondly government invested enterprises, where the government held at least 50% of the equity and appoint to management. Thirdly, subsidiary company of governmental invested enterprises which allow the government to invest indirectly through government invested enterprises and others. Lastly, governmental backed enterprises where the governmental holds less than 50% of the stock.
In developing nation there is a general believe that government should own and control enterprises due to insufficient capital on the side of these enterprises; and government gave majority control of than and appoint top management.
Over the past decades, the number and variety for public enterprises in developing countries have greatly expanded. In a developing country like Nigeria, the overall performance of these enterprises has been rather disappointing. They have supported staggering losses, thereby becoming a major drain on National budgets and the principal source of heavy external borrowing. They have equally purled to generate the expected job opportunities. Before independence, government establishments were the major employers of labour, but these days with many private enterprises set up by entrepreneurs more people have gained employment with these enterprises and this has reduced the dependence on government establishment and large firms for employment.
However, the followings have contributed to the poor performance and poor efficiency in these enterprises:
They have contributed to poor performances of public enterprises. The financing and management of these parastatals caused a serous problem in our economy. Its only very few government enterprises that are independent in the issue of financing, others solely depend on government. The fate is yearly tied on the national budgets because they are financed by way of grants, subsidies or loan from government. This equally means that if the government budget is delayed or cut down proposed expenditure, the funds of these enterprises will also be affected. This will determine their performance for that very year whether surplus or deficit is to be made.
The transport company of Anambra state limited (TRACAS) was launched on 12th September 1988 by the military Governor of Anambra state co. Robert Nnaemeka Akonobi under the spices of the federal urban mass Transit programme (FUMTP). This programme is aimed at alleviating the transportation problem of the people which was occasioned by the dearth of computer vehicle (buses, cars).
To ensure that the traces are efficiently managed, the Anambra state government decided to privatize it, thus; TRACAS was incorporated on the 8th December 1988. The Anambra state government has a 30% hold in TRACAS while remaining 70% will go to the public. Staff will also own shares in the company. The motto of the company is service and comfort.
The TRACAS Logo is the map of Anambra state and a palm tree. The palm is a tree of immense economic value to the people of Anambra state palm wine, palm oil, palm kernel oil, etc are all products and by product of this tree, its significance in the economy of the state cannot therefore be looked over.
The transportation company of Anambra state ltd has a fleet of 200 vehicles as at the time of writing this project comprising the following.
The intra-city service is in operation in Enugu and Onitsha. In Onitsha the company operates five routes. Each of these routes is depicted with a particular number/ colour for easy identification by commuters. In Enugu they operate only one route.
Four major routes are operated on the inter-city service to major towns in the state, they are;
Awka – Ekwuluobia
Awka – Onitsha
Awka – Nnewi
Awka – Nnobi
At each of the depot, tickets are issued by the ticketing clerks on the various routes, to commuters on payment of the appropriate fare. The passenger is also given a tally with the fully, the passenger will join the queue and proceed to board the bus on the announcement of the number of his/her tally.
Vehicles are boarded with passengers which is stated in a bus waybill. It indicates the total fare collected. There is equally a bus sheet that has the number of vehicles loaded from a depot daily and the number of passengers lifted.
Fares are paid to booking clerks who at the end of each day operation, account to the revenue clerk. All revenue collected is paid into the bank by the revenue clerk. Each bus after leading is dispatched by a loading supervisor.
The composition of the board is as follows:-
The commissioners are representing the government while the other three an representing the company.
The management team is appointed by the board of directors, the composition is as follows
The company has the following departments
-Accounts department
-Traffic department
-Stores department
-Workshop and engineering department
-Security department
-Interval audit department
-Planning and Monitoring department
Organizational chart of TRACAS
1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
The problems facing government parastatals are of different factors. In the area of finance the problems are as follows:-
Due to inadequate fund, government parastatal tends to operate at a
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