This research work titled ‘Financial Planning and Control in Zaria Local Government Area of Kaduna State’ is aimed to make an in depth examination of the revenue and expenditure plan and the method of financial control in the existing local Government system in Nigeria and Zaria local government area in particular. Thus, one hundred and fifty questionnaires were given to the staffs of local government who were selected at random through simple random sampling. However, it was observed that Zaria local government obtained its revenue through internal and external sources, similarly, it was also observed that there are various ways through which state government control the finances of Zaria local government among other observations. As such, appropriate recommendations were made.
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TITLE PAGE ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___i
APPROVAL PAGE ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ii
DECLARATION ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___iii
DEDICATION ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___iv
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___v
ABSTRACT ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___vi
TABLE OF CONTENTS ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___vii
CHAPTE ONE
1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___1
1.2 STATEMENT OF RESEARCH PROBLEM ___ ___ ___ ___ ___2
1.3 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___3
1.4 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___4
1.5 RESEARCH HYPOTHESIS___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___4
1.6 RESEARCH QUESTIONS ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___5
1.7 SCOPE AND LIMITATION OF THE STUDY___ ___ ___ ___ ___5
1.8 DEFINATION OF TERMS ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___6
CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1 INTRODUCTION ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___8
2.2 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY___ ___ ___ ___9
2.3 LOCAL GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___10
2.4 FUNCTIONS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT___ ___ ___ ___ ___11
2.5 ORGANISATION OF FINANCE FUNCTION IN PUBLIC UNDERTAKING___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___13
CHAPTER THREE
3.1 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY AND PROCEDURE ___ ___ ___14
3.2 POPULATION OF THE STUDY___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___14
3.3 SAMPLE AND SAMPLING TECHNIQUE___ ___ ___ ___ ___14
3.4 METHOD OF DATA COLLECTION ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ 15
3.5 PROCEDURE FOR DATA COLLECTION ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ 15
3.6 METHOD OF DATA ANALYSIS ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___16
CHAPTER FOUR
4.0 DATA PRESENTATION AND ANAYSIS ___ ___ ___ ___ ___17
4.1 INTRODUCTION ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___17
4.2 SOURCE OF FINANCE ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___17
4.3 PROBLEMS OF INTERNAL SOURCE ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ 18
4.4 BUDGET AND BUDGETARY SYSTEM IN ZARIA LOCAL GOVERNMENT ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ 19
4.5 INTERNAL CONTROL OF FUND ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ 25
4.6 STATE GOVERNMENT CONTROL OVER LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ 29
4.7 LIMITATION ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF FINANCE PLANING IN ZARIA LOCAL GOVERNMENT ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___30
CHAPTER FIVE
5.0 SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION ___ ___33
5.1 SUMMARY ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___33
5.2 CONCLUSION ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___34
5.3 RECOMMENDATION___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___35
APPENDIX ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ __ ___37
BIBLIOGRAPHY ___ ___
