PREVENTION OF FRAUD IN NIGERIAN FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS (A CASE STUDY OF U.B.A)

ABSTRACT This work was designed to study the prevention of fraud in Nigeria financial institutions, with particular reference to banks (UBA Plc).Banks deal essentially in cash instrument and other documents which are generally of a negotiable and easily transferable in nature. Hence it is very appropriate to say that the exposure of banks to both internal and external fraud is very great. This practice is very common to area involving cash, cheque and fund transfer operation. Therefore that was the reason the researcher carried out this study in order to find out the causes of fraud and how to prevent it in Nigerian financial institutions.             From the various articles and journals the researcher read on fraud, causes, methods, detection and prevention of fraud in Banking industries and financial institutions, it has roused my deep interest in this project topic. It is therefore my pleasure to carryout this on “prevention of fraud in Nigerian financial institutions” using UBA Plc as a case study.Fraud cannot be eradicated. It is true that all thieves do not think alike so every fraud has its own unique approach, hence there may be no unique approach to forestall fraud. The project work contained five Chapters.In order to obtain as much relevant information on this study as possible the researcher used primary and secondary sources of data collection. The primary data: The researcher carried out a direct interview with the management and staff of UBA plc station Road Okpara Avenue Enugu.The secondary data: The secondary data was obtained from textbooks, magazines, journals, commercial banks Annual Report/newspapers, dictionaries e.t.c.The instrument used in data collection was mainly questionnaire. 
TABLE OF CONTENTS Title page========i Approval/Certification=====ii Dedication=======iii Acknowledgement = =    =      =    =     =     =     iv Abstract========v Table of content======vi
CHAPTER ONE 1.0Introduction======1 1.1Background of the Study====1 1.2Statement of the problem===4 1.3Objective of the Study====6 1.4Research Question=====6 1.5Hypothesis======7 1.6Scope of the study=====9 1.7Limitation of the Study====10 1.8Definition of Terms=====12 Reference======16
CHAPER TWO 2.0Review of related literature===17 2.1Theoretical review of related literature=17 2.2Empirical review of related literature=31 Reference=======35
CHAPTER THREE 3.0Research Design and Method===37 3.1Research Design=====37 3.2Area of study======37 3.3Population of Study=====37 3.4Source of Data======38 3.5Sampling method=====38 3.6Research Instrumentation===40 3.7Validity, reliability of researchinstruments40 3.8Method of Investigation====42 Reference=======43
CHAPTER FOUR 4.0Presentation and Analysis of Data==44 4.1Presentation and Analysis of Result==44 4.2Test of Hypothesis=====63 Reference=======70
CHAPTER FIVE 5.0Summary of Findings/Conclusion  and Recommendation ====71 5.1Findings=======71 5.2Conclusion======74 5.3Recommendation=====77 Bibliography and Reference===80 Appendix=======83