CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY
The study is aimed to determined the role of auditors in controlling fraud in government owned establishment and present new insight establishment with a view to enable the public appreciate the various limitations and weakness inherit in their effort in fraud detection and control in government owned establishment. The main objective of system audit is to determine the adequacy of the system of accounting and internal controls as a basis of the preparation of true and fair accounts with the aim of restricting the nature, extent and timing of audit procedure carried out during the balance sheet audit. The primary responsibility of an auditor is not to detect fraud and irregularities but to examine the financial statement presented to him by the management and give his professional pinion whether or not of the state of fairs of the business.
Hence the aim of this research work is to define and analysis expressly the extent to which the statutory auditor is responsible as regard fraud. The research work will be directed towards showing the importance of the internal and external auditor in any organization to distinguish between the duties, qualities, qualification etc. This research is mostly to show the extent of inter relationship between auditors and management as regards prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities. The research is also directed towards the preparatism of various groups of accounts by the management in order to show the true state of affairs of the company whose financial statement is being audited.
1.2 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
The significance of this study is that it will show, dispose or x-ray the inherent disabilities and limitations of auditions in government owned establishment. The study is very importance because it is enquiry but the role of auditor in controlling fraud in most of the manufacturing firms in the country. This research work could be beneficial in respect to the following categories. a) As to the auditors b) As to the academic society c) As to the society at large.
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