FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING THEORY AND PRACTICES AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE IN NIGERIA
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- NGN 5000
Abstract
The project examines the link between financial accounting and corporate governance in Nigeria. The study main objective is to reveal the relevance of financial accounting theory and corporate governance or corporate performance. This work explains the level of compliance of firms to government regulation as it affects their governance practices. The primary source of data collection was used in gathering data from respondents. A structured questionnaire was designed by the researcher which was used to capture the relationship between corporate governance and financial accounting. The study concludes that accounting researchers should move beyond thinking about accounting information as providing a high degree of influence over the government practices of firms. Based on the findings, the study recommends that accounting information should be well structured and unique so that it can be useful in specific governance mechanism.
