Appraisal Of Internal Control System As A Means Of Preventing Fraud In Nigeria Financial Institutions

  This research work was on the appraisal of internal control system as a means of preventing fraud in Nigerian Financial Institutions.  However for a more detailed study a case study was carried on First Bank Plc Onitsha Head Office.  The bank understudy was selected by simple random sampling.  This study was necessitated because of the Increasing wave of Bank fraud in Nigerian in recent times as reported by the Nigerian dailies.  Therefore the need to investigate these reports and if confirmed, a financial institution and to what extent the application of an effective internal control syste…