TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER ONE:
CHAPTHER TWO:
CHAPTHER THREE
CHAPTHER FOUR
CHAPTER FIVE
Bibliography
Appendix
LIST OF TABLES
ABSTRACT
For a very long time now, the public sector in Nigeria have suffered great set back, vise versa, public funds management and control that the causes effects or impacts and suggested remedy (solutions) for managing and controlling of funds in the public sector are the evitable for discussions. Consequently, this paper has attempted an expository discourse on the causes and symptoms (effects) of funds mismanagement in the public sector in Nigeria. It thus gave hints
CHAPTER ONE
Even though a country may be naturally endowed with diverse kinds of resources, the greatness of such country lies in her ability to manager her resources properly. Public sector in a nutshell, is the sector that manages the ensure effective and efficient allocation of these resources for satisfaction of the citizen concerned that the sector is used in implementing government policies. Public sector include all government minister and department, parasitical, agencies, commissions and public enterprises. Being a service-oriented sector, it is usually budget financed
Essentially, funds.in the public sector refers to the sum of money or other resources segregated for the purpose of carrying out specific activities in accordance with special regulations, restrictions and limitations. According to Ratter .J. (1947), public sector funds accounting is the demonstration of fiduciary stewardship, to show that resource (funds) here been dealt with in a proper way.
The management and control of funds in the public sector revolves around two words responsibility and accountability. This has to do with the honest application of funds and in compliance with proper procedures, ensuring that these funds are spent on properly approved items and within the budget level.
In spite of its paramount importance in the economy, this complex sector has failed to love up to the expectations of bringing the policies and programmers of the government to fruition cases of financial indiscipline like embezzlement of public funds by public office holders and very rampant nowadays when it comes to public funds, people seems to put aside their moral values. Financial integrity is hardly seen in the public sector.
Unfinished projects, non payment of salaries and pension and so on, were as a result of misappropriate of public funds in the public sector, no single day will pass without a report on misappropriation of funds in the public sector. This entails the diversion or misuse of funds earmarked for specified project or programmed for another unconstitutional selfish purpose.
Financial profligacy is another phenomenon that is wrecking serious havoc in the public sector. There is an accentuated, unbridle and unnecessary squandering of funds in the public sector .The ripples of the over spending are felt all over the economy government lies continued to run budgets deficit which has had adverse effect on diminishing our gress National products, thus putting the living standard of the citizenry on the decline. This equally has rendered most public sector organizations man band, no wonder the government calling for privatization of most of these public sector organizations, non performance of these sectors as a result of misappropriation of funds meant for their operation must not be far from what information government decisions to privatize them.
The questions many people are asking are; is the financial (management and control) Act 1958 so weak in combating this menace? Are there no procedures for managing and controlling of funds in the public sectors, if we have, are they weak? Or do public officers neglect them? Is there no innovation that could be plugged into funds management and control system of this public sector to enable it live up to the expectation? Hence, my interest to embark on this project federal mortgage Bank of Nigeria is an apex mortgage institution of Nigeria in the year 1997 as a successor to Nigerian building society established in the year 1956. This apex institution is charged with the responsibility of administering loan at an affordable rate of interest to citizens, for building and buying houses and for renovating their own houses through a government approved housing policy known as NATION HOUSING FUND (NHF) scheme.
National Housing funds scheme being the main focus of federal mortgage bank of Nigeria, was established by decree No 3 of 1992 (now an act) primarily to address the constraints to the mobilization of long term funds for housing development and to ensure that every Nigeria has access to housing been at affordable rates of interest, it provides and enduring pool of funds for lending to contributors to enable them build, buy and renovate their own houses. This scheme clearly redefined the activities of federal mortgage banking Nigeria
HOUSING FUNDS THE OBJECTIVES OF FEDERAL MORTGAGE BANK OF NIGERIA THROUGH THE NATIONAL SCHEMEM INCLUDES:
THE RESOURCES OF FUNDS AS STIPULATED IN THE DECREE (NOW AN ACT) INCLUDES:
This funds are managed and administered by the federal mortgage bank of Nigeria in accordance with sector seven of the decree (Now an Act)
Why is the level of embezzlement or mismanagement of funds increasing in the public sector? What are the rest causes of this financial impropriety as observed in the public sector. What effect has this on our economy? What have so wrapped the mind and value of many public officers that they wallow in the act of mis management and wasting of public funds without fear , shame or qualm?
Could lack of proper orientation and training, in any way be responsible for the menace? How can we introduce an innovation that will bring about effective and efficient fund management and control in the public sector? These are the thought provoking questions, which this project tends to answer
The objectives of the study are:
The scopes of this project boarder can mismanagement of public funds (misappropriation, embezzlement, financial profligacy and also management and control measure in the public sector.
LIMITATION OF THE STUDY
As earlier stated the research has decided to limit her to the federal parasitical only and federal mortgage bank of Nigeria was chosen for this purpose.
The research was hampered by lack of necessary facilities to the best of my knowledge there was no earlier research conducted on this subject matter for possible guidance. Cost of getting the materials used .In the research was very high. This affected the performance of the researcher
Time was wasted trying to make a case study due to lack of finance and chance to visit the case study. This research would have been extended to all parts of the federation where other public sector organizations are, but not due to finance and time factors, the study was limited to Enugu state, federation mortgage bank of Nigeria, Enugu to be precise
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