Application Of An Accessment Of Effective Internal Control And Audit In Public Sector

Auditing is an independent checking, investigation, examination and expression of the books of accounts and vouchers of a business enterprise with a view to enable the appointed auditor to report whether the trading, prodit and loss accounts and balance sheet are properly drawn up so as to show a true and fair view of the state of affairs and the profit or loss of the business according to the best information and explanation obtained by the auditor and that they comply with the laid down rules and regulations of the statement of standard acccounting product (SSAP) and other statutory regulations.

Title page

Declaration

Approval

Dedication

Acknowledgment

Table of content

CHAPTER ONE

1.0INTRODUCTION 

1.1BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY 

1.2STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM 

1.3.1OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY 

1.4RESEARCH HYPOTHESIS 

1.5SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY 

1.6SCOPE OF THE STUDY 

1.7HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF THE CASE-STUDY 

1.8DEFINITION OF TERMS 

CHAPTER TWO

2.0LITERATURE REVIEW 

2.1CONCEPTUAL FRAME WORK 

2.2AN OVERVIEW OF INTERNAL AUDIT 

2.2.1NATURE OF THE INTERNAL AUDIT ACTIVITY 

2.2.2INTERNAL AUDIT FUNCTIONS 

2.2.3MEASURING THE INTERNAL AUDIT FUNCTION 

2.3EXECUTION OF INTERNAL AUDITING AND CONTROL 

2.4QUALITIES OF INTERNAL AUDITORS

2.5THE NEED FOR INTERNAL AUDIT AND CONTROL IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR 

2.6TYPES OF INTERNAL CONTROLS 

2.7TYPES OF AUDIT 

2.8LIMITATION OF INTERNAL CONTROLS 

2.9THE OBJECTIVES OF INTERNAL AUDIT AND CONTROLS 

CHAPTER THREE

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 

3.1INTRODUCTION 

3.2RESEARCH  METHODOLOGY 

3.3POPULATION OF THE STUDY 

3.4SAMPLING TECHNIQUES 

3.5SOURCES AND METHODS OF DATA COLLECTION 

3.5.1PRIMARY SOURCES OF DATA 

3.5.2SECONDARY SOURCES OF DATA 

3.6METHOD OF  DATA ANALYSIS 

3.7JUSTIFICATION FOR THE CHOICE 

CHAPTER FOUR

4.0DATA PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION 

4.1INTRODUCTION 

4.2DATA PRESENTATION 

4.3DATA ANALYSIS AND PRESENTATION 

4.4TESTING OF HYPOTHESIS 

4.5RESEARCH FINDINGS

CHAPTER FIVE

SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS

5.1SUMMARY 

5.2CONCLUSION

5.3RECOMMENDATIONS

5.4LIMITATION OF THE STUDY 

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