Monday, 1 August 2016

Effective Internal Auditing as a penacea to different Local Government Administration in Nigeria


Globally the role of auditing is being appreciated for its avowed operations and activities. Ihe and Umeaka(2006:370) defined auditing “as a process carried out by suitably qualified auditors during which the accounting records and the financial statements of an organization are subjected  to  examination  by  an  independent  auditor  with  the  main objective of expressing an opinion in accordance with the relevant terms of appointmentpurpose” they also noted that the objectives of auditing were grouped into two 1. Primary objective: the auditor (one who carries out audit operation) is to  report whether the financial statements shows a „true and fair view‟ of the financial  affairs of the organization during the period under review and s end date. 2. Secondary objective: This concerns the detection of frauds and errors and the prevention of frauds and errors.

The crux of this research work however is based on internal Audit – which is a very important aspect of auditing, how the internal audit unit of the government  can  be  made  effective  in  order  to  assist  in  the  efficient administration of local Government Areas (LGA).

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