PROPOSAL
The object of this study is to find out how
relevant accountability is to our nation Nigeria. Accountability in public
administration refers to produce in financial and material management of scare
resources for the general welfare of the citizens. However; lack of
accountability and improper accounting by our public officers has presented a
big blow to the economy.
In this work, much emphasis will be laid on
the need for accountability in public sector, the evolution of unmilitary on
accountability, the various factors that militate against accountability and
the various methods of enforcing accountability in our nation in order to bring
economize growth and development will be exhaustively discussed among others,
Thus, the government will have to device ways and means of making public
officers accountable number of public financial ethers will be laid out to
support the need for adequate accountability in the management of public finds
and resources. There information will be gotten from the use of analysis of
data through questionnaire and interviews. In conclusion, several recommendations
for appropriate accountability among public officers will be made by this
study.
TABLE OF CONTENT
Title Page
Approval Page
Dedication
Acknowledgement
Proposal
CHAPTER ONE
1.0 INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of the study
1.2 Statement of the study
1.3 Objective of the study
1.4 Significance of the study
1.5 Scope of the study
1.6 Limitation of the study
1.7 Brief history of Nnewi north local
government
1.8 Definition of terms
1.9 References
CHAPTER TWO
2.0 REIVEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
2.1 Accountability and the Nigerian societal
ethics and values
2.2 Evaluation of military on accountability
2.3 Methods of enforcing accountability
2.4 The role of accountability in Nnewi North
local government of Anambara State
2.5 Factors that militate against
accountability in the public sector.
2.6 The professional ethics of public
financial management.
2.7 Accounting documents and recording
transactions
2.8 References.
CHAPTER THREE
3.0 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
3.1 Research Design
3.2 Data Collection Method
3.3 Data Presentation And Analysis
3.4 Statement of Null and Alternative
Hypothesis.
CHAPTER FOUR
4.0 REPORT AND DATA ANALYSIS
4.1 Analysis Based On Objectives
4.2 Hypothesis Testing
4.3 Discussion
4.4 Data Analysis Of The Local Government
4.5 Organization Of The Accounts/ Finance
Department
4.6 The Nnewi-North Local Government’s
Accounting System.
4.7 General Financial Arrangement
4.8 Control And Reporting
4.9 Planning And Performance Evaluation
CHAPTER FIVE
5.0 FINDINGS, RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONCLUSIONS
5.1 Summary Of Findings
5.2 Conclusion
5.3 Recommendations
Bibliography
Appendix
CHAPTER ONE
1.0 INTRODUCTION/ BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
1.1 THE NEED FOR ACCOUNTABILITY IN PUBLIC
SECTOR
At, the onset of the oil boom in the 1970’s,
many were convinced that the era of scarcity has given way to abundant
resources. A major problem was how to plan for the societies to be confronted
with the vast increases in material wealth and leisure. The national priorities
shifted rapidly as Nigerians embrace the increased material wealth with poor
planning and abundant waste. The cost of running the government enlarged
bureaucracy and social programme increased tremendously as money realized from
the oil boom was squandered with impurity. Inflation, affluence and ostentation
lifestyle became the habits of Nigerians.
A decade later, in the 1980’s the fail i8n
oil prices presented a big blow on the Nigerian Economy. The financial plight
of the nations’ book on crises, inflation, lack of liquidity and unfavorable
balance of payment forced the government to introduced several economic
survival package such as: the economic stabilization and reconstruction of policy,
by the shagari administration and numerous reforms and commissions set up to
bring spending sanity on the populace to a lower level for improvement of the
situation in the near future. For these reasons accountability or the demand
for public offices to give account of public resources, be it funds,
properties, public statement, personal behaviors, actions, performance will
continue to be of great concern to government policy makers.
As the public continues to feel an increasing
painful economic pinch, the management practices of public officers will be
under great scruting. If government and public officers cannot account for the
way they use resources, then there will be a complete loss of confidence and
trust on programme, necessary resulting to general apathy and discontent among
the populace and even a breakdown of law and order. Thus, the inherent problem,
facing the government is to device ways and means of making public officers
accountable to the taxpayers for the scarce resources under their care and for
their actions while discharging their duties. In essence, accountability in
public administration refers to efficient management of resources for the
general welfare of the citizens. This idea will be fully developed in the
proceeding discussions.
However, the modest intention of this paper
is to examine several government policies aimed at inhibility accountability
among public officers, determine environmental factors that militate against
accountability, and postulate strategies for prudent financial management and
propriety among officers. Pursuit of these objectives wills necessitates
relevant discussions of accountability corruption, as a mechanism for
controlling waste, property values and efficiency in the management of public
of fund.
In Nigeria today, accountability has become
of great concern to both the government and the taxpayers. Accountability to
public administrators refers to prudent in financial or materials management of
scare resources. It connotes the idea of doing more with little and being able
to account for every aspect of the resources involved in the process.