Skip to content
Research Article Open access CC BY 4.0

Impact of International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS) Adoption on Financial Accountability in Selected Local Governments of Oyo State, Nigeria

O. Ademola Abimbola, A. Adegoke Kolawole, A. Oyeleye Olufunke

Asian Journal of Economics, Business and Accounting · pp. 1–9 · Published 3 Jun 2017

10.9734/AJEBA/2017/33866

Abstract

The study evaluated the impact of International Public Sector Accounting Standard (IPSAS) on the financial accountability of selected local governments of Oyo State, Nigeria. The impact of IPSAS adoption on corruption reduction, transparency and accountability in the selected Local Governments were critically examined. The study which adopted survey design collected data using five point likert-scale questionnaires which was administered on sample of 105 Accountants and Internal Auditors in the selected local governments of Oyo State Nigeria. The data was analyzed using descriptive statistics. The hypotheses formulated were tested using chi-square analysis at 5% level of significance. The result of the study showed that adoption of IPSAS increases the level of accountability, transparency and reduces corruption in the selected local governments. This implied that the economy of Nigeria will be better off if IPSAS is fully adopted and implemented. Having seen IPSAS as the agents of the needed change in Nigeria, the study recommends                      that Nigerian government should enact an enabling law to back up the adoption and              implementation of IPSAS and more importantly institute appropriate sanctions to ensure full compliance.

IPSAS financial accountability corruption transparency local governments

Cited by 28

Determinants of the Quality of Financial Reports

L. Anto, I. N. Yusran · International Journal of Professional Business Review · 2023

Examining The Influence of Environmental Dynamics on International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS) Execution in Nigeria

Seiyaibo Carl Madawa, Ebiaghan Orits Frank · International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences · 2022

Fatores Condicionantes da Adoção dos Padrões Internacionais de Contabilidade Do Setor Público – IPSAS

Maysa Alves Correa Silva, Alessandro Carlos da Silva, Marco Aurélio Marques Ferreira · Contabilidade, Gestão e Governança · 2022

Factors affecting the internal audit effectiveness in local government institutions in Ghana

Daniel Kofi Quampah, H. Salia, Karim Fusheini · Journal of Accounting and Taxation · 2021

International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS) Adoption and Implementation in Nigerian Public Sector

A. O., B. E., M. U. · International Journal of Financial Research · 2019

Impact of IPSAS adoption on transparency and accountability in managing public funds in developing countries: Evidence from Liberia

Abayaawien Atuilik Williams, Salia Hussein · Journal of Accounting and Taxation · 2019

Article metrics

Real usage data collected on this platform.

0

Page views

0

PDF downloads

0

Outbound clicks

28

Citations

Views by country

Approximate, from request IP at view time — not citizenship or institution. Countries with fewer than 5 views are grouped as "Other".

No views recorded yet.

Traffic sources

Referring site, by host.

No traffic recorded yet.

Views and downloads exclude known bots/crawlers. Citations combines this platform's own DOI-resolved index with each external source's own reported total — see Cited by above for individually listed citing works. Last refreshed 0 seconds ago.