ACCOUNTING AS A BASIS FOR MANAGING PUBLIC EXPENDITURE (A CASE STUDY OF STATE EDUCATION COMMISSION ENUGU).

ABSTRACT The society at large views public money as an opportunity to enriching themselves since it is not for any body beside it is our nation cake as always stated. People with questionable intentions makes good use of this opportunity in looking away most of this funds which were kept under their control as leaders.  It is on the above points, that the research had carry out a critical research with a view to knowing the extent of accountability in the public expenditure.  Carry out an in-depth study are to the causes of inadequate accountability in our public establishment and how best to control public funds. In terms of making expenditure.  To achieve a reasonable research, the researcher embarked o the research work by making an empirical survey, which will be in form of oral, and written data, which involve questionnaires and library research which formed part of the researcher secondary data.  With the above fact, the researcher analysis the research work and test the hypothesis. And the hypothesis was tested by the use of the chi-square formula, before arriving at a conclusion.  However, based on the findings, recommendations were made on how best public expenditure would be managed. It is my strong opinion that it will go a long way in alleviating the situation if fully implemented.
TABLE OF CONTENT Title page  Approval page  Dedication  Acknowledgement  Abstract  Table of content  List of tables  List of figures 
CHAPTER ONE  1.0INTRODUCTION  1.1Statement of problem  1.2Objective of the study  1.3Significance of the study  1.4Statement of Hypothesis  1.5Scope of the study  1.6Limitation of the study  1.7Definition of terms 
CHAPTER TWO  2.0 LITERATURE REVIEW  2.1Origin and historical development of accounting  2.2Accounting defined  2.3Types of accounting  2.4Specialized accounting fields  2.5Definitions of public expenditure  2.6Need for adequate accountability of public expenditure  2.7The role of auditors in managing public expenditure. 2.8Role of internal auditors  2.9Role of external auditors  2.10How accounting can help in the management of public expenditure 
CHAPTER THREE  1.0 RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODOLOGY  1.1Design of the research  1.2Sources of data  1.3Primary data  1.4Secondary data  1.5Reliability of data  1.6Sample used  1.7Method of hypothesis testing 
CHAPTER FOUR  4.0Data presentation Analysis, Interpretation  4.1Data Analysis  4.2Test of Hypothesis  4.3Summary of Study 
CHAPTER FIVE  5.0SUMMARY OF FINDINGS, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION  5.1Findings  5.2Recommendations  5.3Conclusion