Thesis Abstract

<p> Accounting information system in a transport organization has been a great<br>problem to the third world countries in general, which Nigeria as a country<br>has its own share. This research work, “Accounting information system in a<br>transport organization, suggests ways of minimizing the effects of the<br>problems of inefficient accounting information. It is believe that an<br>improvement in this regards will enhance the performance of the corporation.<br>To enable the researcher find solution to the problem of this study, some<br>questions were raised in the form of hypotheses, which were developed<br>comprising the null and alternative hypotheses. The methods of data<br>collection were primary and secondary data method. The data collected were<br>analyzed by use of simple percentages while chi-square was used to test the<br>hypothesis formulated for validity. Findings show that accounting information<br>is an indispensible tool in the management of Nigeria Railway Corporation<br>and the activities of unqualified and incompetent accounting officers are<br>responsible for the performance of the accounts departments in Nigeria<br>Railway Corporation. Based on the findings, the researcher concludes that the<br>accountant should put more efforts especially when computing the financial<br>statement since accounts fraud result from ignorant of proper accounting<br>procedures. Since the financial statement are sources of document of<br>accounting information, efforts should be made in generating more relevant,<br>timely, effective and accurate accounting information necessary for<br>prevention or detection of fraud.<br>6 <br></p>

Thesis Overview

<p> INTRODUCTION<br>1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY<br>The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has been in existence for years. It is<br>regarded the largest transport corporation in Nigeria and has a high network<br>operations.<br>The Nigerian railway corporation is One Hundred and Fourteen years (114) old<br>and it runs a unilaterally designed track system of 1067mm charge gauge. Only<br>30km of its track distribution is in double track and that is within Lagos area.<br>Nigerian Railway Corporation actually commenced rail business activities with<br>the construction of the first rail line from Lagos to Ibadan 193m between 1998 and <br></p>