THE ROLE OF AN ACCOUNTANT IN A DEMOCRATIZED NIGERIA

ABSTRACT 

An accountant play enormous in the democracy and the improvement of the national economy. This is why this work titled, role of an accountant in a democratized Nigeria has been chosen.

This work will enlighten us on who these accountant are made of, the power they vested on statutory, how they can be defined and a lot of factors and functions we are suppose to know concerning them.

Furthermore, the role of an accountant is suppose to play under a democratic dispensation was dealt with in this work.

The work of some authors was also evaluated in order for the researcher to make his own contribution in the circumstances the review was directed into the foreign related literature and local related literature.

TABLE OF CONTENT

Title page II

Approval page III

Dedication IV

Acknowledgement V

Abstract VI

CHAPTER ONE

I.0 Introduction 1

1.1 Background of study 1

1.2 Objectives of study 3

1.3 Relevance of study 3

1.4 Scope and limitation 3

1.5 Definition of terms. 4

CHAPTER TWO

2.0 Review of literature 6

2.1 The relevance of accounting to economic

Development 12

2.2 Accounting as a part of control 12

2.3 The accountancy profession and Nigeria's

Development 13

2.4 Issues in accounting development in Nigeria 15

2.5 The role of accounting to the society. 19

2.6 Accountant work in public. 22

CHAPTER THREE

3.0 conclusion and recommendation. 24

3.1 Findings 24

3.2 Recommendation 27

3.3 Conclusion 29

Bibliography 32