A social Accounting as a method of Assessing the impact of Development Activations.
A case study of Nukes local Government
Area Enugu State.
Project Topic
A social accounting as a method of assessing the impact of development activities. A case study of Nsukka Local Government Area, Enugu State.
This research work is titled “A social accounting as a method of assessing the impact of development activities.” For the interest of people with little or no accounting knowledge whose heart desire is to be benefited from this work, it becomes increasingly important that little explanation on what social is should be made.
Social accounting is conversely public sector accounting. Public sector accounting can be defined as the composite activity of collecting, analyzing, recording, summarizing, reporting and interpreting the financial transactions of government units.
There are interested panties in government accounting which are users of government or public sector accounting . The users fall into broad categories inchmeal and external users. However, Nsukka local government area as one of the internal users of government accounting will be used as a vivid case study to portray government accounting in order to make this work of standard and more comprehensible to all and sundry .
The significant of this study include:
Identification of major census of maladies in the financial system of the local government, examination of the accounting department to find out if it is manned by competent and qualified personnel, examination whether the sources income to the local government is enough, examination of various instruments of management and control of the local government finances examination of various problems of the local government finances and accounts and examination of the prospects of improving the available sources
Of the of the local government finances.
The limitations of this study are the following greater number of the local government’s employees are incompetent, embezzlement receipt of huge Rick- backs, contract inflation, large scale salary frond and auditing and internal control problems.
Finally, two broad research methods will be used for this study vi personal interviews and full designed and well strutted questionings
ABSTRACT
The title of this research work is, A social accounting as a method of the impact of development activities’’ with particular referent to Nsukka local Government Area in Enugu State. It has been identified that accounting and financial reporting in the public sector particularly at the local government level was not given adequate attention.
In the course of coining out this study, the following objectives among other were set which included The identification of major cause of maladies in the financial system of the local government ;to examine the accounting system / department to find out if it is manned by competent and qualified personnel; to examine whether the sources of income to the local governments is enough examine the various instruments of management and control of local government financial ; to examine the various problem of the local government financial and accounts and to examine the prospects of improving the available sources of the local governments finances.
To achieve the set objectives, some hypotheses were form water which comprised; an increase in local government share of federation Account form 20-25%would help the local government in achieving at least 75%of their statutory responsibilities, the employment of low caliber staff has a significant negative relationship with the low efficiency and productivity of the local governments; the Accounting system of local governments is not effective in operation; and that another source of tar revenue is not essential for Nigerian local governments.
Two broad research method were adopted in the study which were personal intendeds and fully designed and well structured questionnaires- for the purpose of analyzing the hypotheses, chi—square (x2) technique was adopted
As a result of conscientious and of course painstaking study done, a lot of findings were made which included inter-alias; There was an ample proof that the greater number of local government’s employees are unqualified other taxes to be collect by the local government can improve it fin an has no significant negative relationship with the low efficiency and productivity of the local government; and increase from 20-25% in the federal government statutory allocation of federation Account to local government would not be enough to deftly a reasonable proportion of huge kick backs, contract inflations, large scale salary frond, auditing and internal control problems were discovered as some of the major accounting and financial problems of the local governments.
As a result, the following recommendatims were preferred; efforts to be intoaasified in the collection of reverie of local taxation; emphasis to be placed in the recruitment of qualified experienced and well trained personnel fro the assessment collection and general admimstration of local taxes and rates, design a sound system of budgetary control; installation of a system of internal control; projects to be evaluated and implemented; proper feasibility study to be carried out; and internal funding to be improved by its engagement in commercial ventures.
TABLE OF CONTENT
TITLE PAGE I
CERTIFICATION ii
DEDICATION iii
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
ABSTRACT
PROPOSAL
TABLE OF CONTENT
CHAPTER ONE:
I. I AN OVERVIEW
I.2 STATEMENT OF PROBLEM
I.3 HYPOTHESIS
I.4 OBJECTIVES OF STUDY
I.5 SIGNIFICANCE OF STUDY
I.6 LIMITATION OF STUDY
I.7 DEFINITION OF TERMS
CHAPTER TWO:
LITERATURE REVIEW
2.7 MANAGEMENT OF CONTROL OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT
FINANCE.
CHAPTER THREE:
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
CHAPTER FOUR
4.1 QUESTIONNAIRE DISTRIBUTIONAND RESPONSE
5.1 SUMMARY OF FINDINGS
5.2 RECOMMENDATIONS
5.3 CONCLUSION
BIBLIOGRAPHIES:
In Nigeria, there are three tiers in public administration: the central (federal) government, state governments and local governments. This project is devoted to the examination of local governments accounts, and the development of financial management with their departments. It is therefore pertinent at this point to mention that the local government is the third tier of government in Nigeria
Local governments in Nigeria derive their existence form the constitution of the federal Republic of Nigeria (promulgation). Decree No 45 of 1989 has brought about a new awekening public sector virile, dynamic, result and development oriented. At present, with aeration of more 177 local government expenditure, the total number of local government in Nigeria has therefore increased to 1776. One would then guess what effects will it have even before that, like since 1979, there has been a significant rise in local government expenditure in line with greater emphasis on grass root participation. Fore in stance, 1992 when compete political, admmistrative and financial independence were granted to the local government form state control, its responsibility was enlarged. With effect form 1992, local government has been directly responsible for primary heath care; this is in addition to its statutory functions.
Johnson (1992) said that, though virtually all developed countries have a system of local government, some system involve considerable local antinomy while others involve lee on a spectrum, the Nigeria system problem involves less rather than more antinomy. Then the question and answer are important as they reflect the type of financial and accounting framework required.
Sharpe (11980) noted that the participatory value, if not the liberty, value, still remains as a valid one for modern local government .Not perhaps in the full glory of its early pedometers but as an important element in a modern democracy nonetheless. But as a co-ordinate of service in the field; as a reconciler of community options; as a consumer peruse group as an agent to responding to rising demand; and finally as a country weight to incipient syndicalism, local government seems to have come into its own
The following point were listed in local government favor by the lay field committer (1976)
(a) It providers democracy.
(b) It acts as a counter weight to the uniformity inherent in government decision. It spreads political power.
(C) It embraces accountability because it brings those responsible for decision close to their electros.
(d) It is efficient because services can be adjusted in local needs and preferences, and because response can be more democratized.
(e) Central government would be over loaded by more functions.
(f) It provides a velricle for formulating new policies and pioneering ideas.
As a result of increase in the responsibilities and the fantastic expenditure associated with them, it is vital that the local government expend their sources of revenues beyond the present level. They would endeavour to tap all the potential resources so as to see their revenue based fureti fied any improvement to this effect will be welcome as it would give the local government an added impetus in discharging its statutory function a
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