Forensic Audit And The Performance Of Public Sector: A Case Study Of Rivers State Ministry Of Finance

FORENSIC AUDIT AND THE PERFORMANCE OF PUBLIC SECTORA CASE STUDY OF RIVERS STATE MINISTRY OF FINANCEABSTRACTThe menace of fraud, corruption, and misfeasance are commonplace and are the increase globally and, indeed, in Nigeria. Thus forensic accounting or forensic auditing has emerged as a result of the surge in fraud. Accordingly, the aim of this conceptual paper is three fold. First, this paper sought to imbibe the art of forensic thinking among auditors; second, it aimed at stimulating and promoting the understanding of basic forensic skills; and third, it aimed at expanding the stock of lit…