Financial Control And Management Of Resources In The Public Sector (a Case Study Of Federal Capital Territory Abuja

ABSTRACTWe recognize that financial control is aimed at the attainment of optimum efficiency in the performance of public service, and one of the merits of the planning-programming-budgeting system (PPBS) is the fact that it emphasizes objective criteria of effectiveness and efficiency by forcing policy maker to examine simultaneously a wide range of alternative options in meeting an objective.The level of government spending depends not only upon the scope and extent of various functions performed, but also upon the efficiency with which these public goods are delivered.  As with program…