-THE EFFECTIVENESS OF FORENSIC ACCOUNTANTS IN STRENGTHENINGudINTERNAL CONTROL OF BUISNESS ORGANIZATIONS IN NIGERIAud(A STUDY OF SELECTED BUISNESS ORGANIZATIONS IN NIGERIA)

摘要

The research work examined the effectiveness of forensic accountants in strengthening internaludcontrol of business organizations in Nigeria. Companies were chosen due to the important roleudthey play in increasing the level of economic activity. The study aimed at investigating how fraududcan be managed and handled in business organizations. The research work is a survey researchudand the sampling technique employed was the purposive sampling with a sample of jiveudcompanies that was selected. A total of 100 copies of questionnaire were distributed to the staffudof the selected business organizations. The data collected were analyzed using StatisticaludPackages for Social Sciences (SPSS). All the hypotheses were tested using Regression Analysis.udThe results of the empirical findings showed that internal control and its components play audsignificant role in controlling fraud in business organizations. it is recommended that internaludcontrol should be undertaken with effective continuous monitoring of the controls and companiesudshould be stricter with compliance to control procedures.