The Impact of Forensic Accounting on the Growth and Development of the Nigerian Economy. A Case Study of Nigerian Stock Exchange

Bachelor Thesis from the year 2022 in the subject Business economics - Banking, Stock Exchanges, Insurance, Accounting, grade: A, University of Nigeria (Accounting), language: English, abstract: This study centered on the impact of forensic accounting on the growth and development of the Nigerian economy. The Nigerian stock exchange was used as a case study. The population of the study consisted of 57 people comprising the employees, registrars, stockbrokers and issuing houses of the stock exchange. The major objective of this study is to determine how much impact forensic accounting has had on the growth and development of the Nigerian economy. The research design used in this study is descriptive survey research design. The finding revealed that forensic accounting has had and will continually have a positive impact on the Nigeria economy if given the chance. Structurally, Chapter one deals with the introduction of research work. Chapter two deals with the review of related literature drawn from the textbooks, articles in newspapers and Journals. Chapter three deals with the statement of the methodology used for the research study. Chapter four deals with data presentation, analysis and its subsequent interpretation. From the research of the study, conclusions were drawn and recommendations were made. These were done in chapter five. As a result of the findings of this work, the following recommendations were made: i) There should be creation of awareness of forensic accounting in Nigeria ii) More forensic accountants should be trained iii) Forensic accountants should be sent to review the financial statements of the various ministries and parastatals in Nigeria. The results from this study will educate on the effect of accounting software on the processing and management of accounting information system.