Monday, 27 February 2017

EVALUATION OF VALUE FOR MONEY AUDIT, AS A TOOL FOR FRAUD CONTROL IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR (A STUDY OF POWER HOLDING COMPANY OF NIGERIA



The  scope  of  governmental  auditing  has  been  widened  over  the  year  by  the demand for independent verification of information to the extent that it can no longer be limited to the audit of financial operations, but value for money audit which ensures that the activities and programs are carried out at low cost and high standard. Lack of commitment in cost efficiency to the overall achievement of goals by the managers in the public sector brought the need of this research work titled “Evaluation of value for money audit as tool for fraud control in the public sector”. The aim was to ascertain whether government auditing achieves the purposes for which programs are authorizes and funds released economically and  efficiently  in  accordance  with  applicable  law  and  regulations.

 A  survey research design was adopted for the study with sample size of 100 respondents randomly  sample  and  stratified  from  Audit  and  finance  department  of  PHCN (Abuja).  Three  hypotheses  were  tested  at  5%  level  of  significance  using  the analysis of variance (ANOVA) statistics. it was found that value for money audit play a vital role in promoting the effectiveness and efficiency of activities in the public sector the researcher recommend that  government should support the implementation of policies formulated to enhance value for money audit in the public sector.

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