Internal Audting – An Instrument Of Control In The Public Sector. (a Case Study Of Abia State Ministry Of Education)

ABSTRACT

This research work is an attempt made to enforce the roles played by internal audit department in the public sector towards the appraisal of management efficiency. There are five chapters that represent the main topic of discussions of the project. The introductory part of the project is written in chapter one comprising background of the study, statement of problem, goals to be actualized, scope and limitations, which I encountered as a student were clearly stated. Important terms used in the project were also defined. The second chapter is all about the literature review, where various literatures were reviewed as related to the project topic. Chapter three revealed that the researcher adopted descriptive research design and subsequently, the researcher maintaining randomization approach in sampling the population. And in this regard, one hundred (100) questionnaires were dispatched to staff of the company out of the number, eighty (80) were returned representing 80% while twenty (20) were not returned representing 20%. The data collected, according to returned questionnaires were analyzed in view of the hypothesis formulated in chapter one. Also some selected questionnaire were tested and analyzed in a tabular form. In testing of hypothesis, the researcher maintained the chi – square statistical testing technique. The detail of the analysis and interpretation are contained in chapter four. Finally in chapter five, the research discussed the summary of findings about the ministry of education and for further research were made.

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