Assessing The Impact Of Forensic Accounting On Procurement Fraud In The Public Sector In Nigeria

ABSTRACTWith an upsurge in procurement fraud and other financial crime in the global economy most especially in the Nigeria public sector, forensic accounting has become an emerging topic of great importance for academic, research and industries. Procurement fraud and other public sector financial crimes such as bribery and corruption serve as a bane to economic development of Nigeria that has huge earning from oil. The objective of the study is to examine role of forensic accounting and procurement fraud in Nigeria. Specifically, the study examined the reasons for, and solutions to fraudulent…