Effect Of Implementation Of International Public Sector Accounting Standards (ipsas) In Ministries, Departments And Agencies

ABSTRACTOver the years, the Nigerian society has been filled with stories of wrong practices such as stories of ghost workers on the pay roll of Ministries, Extra-ministerial Departments and Parastatals, frauds, embezzlements and setting ablaze of offices housing sensitive documents and corruption leading to none or poor accountability of individuals in public offices of the country. One of the most researched and least understood variablesin public sector accounting of the nation is how the accountability and stewardship of financial controls are conducted. Scholars have been speculating…