CHAPTER ONE
1.0 INTRODUCTION
1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Public sector is that sector of the economy established and operated by government or agencies distinguishable from the private sector organized on behalf of the whole citizens. The public sector is devised despite the privatization and commercialization of some government agencies and parastatals; the sector is still large.
Almost all the activities in the public sector have to do with political choice, which plays a vital role in resource allocation and its government accounting. It is also defined as composite activities of collection, analyzing, recording, summarizing, reporting and interpreting the financial transaction of government units.