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IAA Journal Arts and Humanities 10(1):76-75, 2023. ISSN: 2636-7297
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Influence of culture and structure on implementation of internal control:
A case study of Awgu local government of Enugu State Nigeria
Anzor Edith Chima
Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Management Sciences, Enugu State
University of Science and Technology, Enugu State, Nigeria.
Email: anzoredith1@gmail.com
ABSTRACT
This study examined the influence of culture and structure on implementation of internal
control: A case study of Awgu local government of Enugu State Nigeria. The findings
revealed that culture and organisational structure hinder effective implementation of
internal control. The findings revealed that direct line managers do not sanction their
subordinate for misconduct, and the Chairman who is the Chief Executive Officer and
Chief Financial Officer neither understood duties of staff nor hold regular meeting with
staff on ways to ensure internal control. Therefore, appointment of the elected Chairman
who is not a qualified accountant to be the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial
Officer in Nigeria local government is a major flaw and hindrance to effective internal
control over financial, management and operational procedures.
Keywords: Influence, culture, structure, implementation and internal control.
INTRODUCTION
Previous researchers have studied the
internal control and management of fund
in some local government and public
sectors in Nigeria in relation to internal
control, and found some irregularities [1,
2, 3, 4, 5, 6]. For example, [7, 8, 9] noted
that some local government funds in Oyo
state in Nigeria are mismanaged and
embezzled by the board and
management staff as a result of
ineffective internal control system.
Similarly, [10, 11, 12] study on the
internal control system over financial
accountability in some local government
in Borno state indicate ineffectiveness in
financial transparency. They suggested
revisiting of local government policies
and procedures as a way to address the
problem [13, 14]. Evaluation of the
financial management Ido-Osi local
government area reveals the necessity of
restructuring the ways of controlling
fund and decreasing expenses [15, 16]. In
addition, [17] investigation on the
perception of stakeholders regarding the
internal control in public organisations
indicates the positive influence of
internal control on financial
accountability, and suggest that
application of penalty on offenders will
result to compliance with regulation.
Consequently, the establishment of
effective internal control system is
paramount for transparent and
accountability in financial reporting, and
this will help to verify irregularities
during disbursement of funds in the local
government areas [18]. However,
researches have been conducted in other
areas of internal control system
especially in banks, hotels and few public
owned companies but very few research
have been done on local government [19,
20, 21, 22, 23]. To this end, this research
aims to examine the influence of culture
and structure on implementation of
internal control in Awgu local
government of Enugu State Nigeria. In
addition, this study provide an
understanding of the problems inherent
and suggest solutions for the way
forward.
Objective of the study
The objective of the research was to
determine the influence of culture and
structure on implementation of internal
control in Awgu local government Area of
Enugu State Nigeria.
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Research question
In order to achieve the aim and objective
of this study an attempt has been made
to answer the following questions.
1. Are measures in place sufficient
to detect, prevent and eradicate
fraud?
2. Do culture and current Local
Government structures hinder the
effective implementation of
Internal Control Systems?
Findings and Discussion
Out of the two hundred (200)
questionnaires distributed to staff of
Awgu local government in Enugu state,
Nigeria, twenty five (25) staff responded.
The results obtained from the
respondents that comprise of internal
auditors and other senior staff are shown
in Table 1. Similar questions were given
to staff of Rhondda Cynon Taff local
government in South Wales, United
Kingdom. Out of twenty (20)
questionnaires issued to Rhondda Cynon
Taff local government in South Wales,
United Kingdom eighteen (18) staff
responded and the results are
summarised in Table 2. The findings
obtained from these two local
governments and their comparisons are
discussed in four sections below.
Table 1: Summary of the questionnaires
finding from Awgu Local government
area of Enugu State.
Question
Numbers
Strongly
agree Agre
e
Neutr
al
Disagr
ee
Strongly
Disagree
Number of
staff
QNO1 0 25 0 0 0 25
QNO2 18 5 0 2 0 25
QNO3 18 7 0 0 0 25
QNO4 3 22 0 0 0 25
QNO5 4 18 1 2 0 25
QNO6 1 22 2 0 0 25
QNO7 0 24 1 0 0 25
QNO8 0 23 0 2 0 25
QNO9 0 0 24 1 0 25
QNO10 0 2 18 5 0 25
QNO11 0 24 0 1 0 25
QNO12 0 20 2 3 0 25
QNO13 0 0 0 25 0 25
QNO14 0 2 0 23 0 25
QNO15 0 22 3 0 0 25
QNO16 0 23 0 2 0 25
QNO17 0 21 0 4 0 25
QNO18 0 0 2 23 0 25
QNO19 0 0 1 22 0 23
QNO20 0 0 2 23 0 25
QNO21 0 0 24 1 0 25
QNO22 0 1 1 23 0 25
QNO23 0 0 0 25 0 25
QNO24 0 1 0 24 0 25
QNO25 0 1 0 24 0 25
QNO26 0 0 0 25 0 25
QNO27 0 23 1 1 0 25
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Table 2: Summary of the questionnaires finding from to Rhondda Cynon Taff local
government in South Wales, United Kingdom.
Questio
n
Numbe
rs
Strongly
agree
Agree Neutral Disagree Strongly
Disagree
Numb
er of
staff
QNO1 100 0 0 0 0 18
QNO2 6 94 0 0 0 18
QN03 100 0 0 0 0 18
QNO4 100 0 0 0 0 18
QNO5 100 0 0 0 0 18
QNO6 100 0 0 0 0 18
QNO7 94 6 0 0 0 18
QNO8 Not
Applicable
Not
Applicable
Not
Applicable
Not
Applicable
Not
Applicable
18
QNO9 Not
Applicable
Not
Applicable
Not
Applicable
Not
Applicable
Not
Applicable
18
QNO10 0 100 0 0 0 18
QNO11 0 0 0 0 100 18
QNO12 0 0 0 0 100 18
QNO13 0 0 0 0 100 18
QNO14 100 0 0 0 0 18
QNO15 100 0 0 0 0 18
QNO16 100 0 0 0 0 18
QNO17 100 0 0 0 0 18
QNO18 94 6 0 0 0 18
QNO19 94 0 6 0 0 18
QNO20 0 100 0 0 0 18
QNO21 No
response
No response No response No response No response 18
QNO22 0 0 100 0 0 18
QNO23 0 100 0 0 0 18
QNO24 Not
Applicable
Not
Applicable
Not
Applicable
Not
Applicable
Not
Applicable
18
QNO25 No
response
No response No response No response No response 18
QNO26 0 0 0 0 100 18
QNO27 100 0 0 0 0 18
The evaluation of the effect of culture
and the existing local government
structure as well as the evidence of
impediments to implementation of
effective internal control were
investigated using seven (7) well
structures questions incorporated in the
questionnaires administered to the
respondents. The result (Fig. 1) indicates
that 88% of the Awgu LGA staff agree that
the organisational culture encourages
reporting of irregularities and
misconduct of staff to the appropriate
authority whereas 8% strongly agreed
with the statement. However, 4% of the
staff did not agree that the organisation
encourages reporting of irregularities to
appropriate authorities whereas 0% were
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neutral to the statement. In contrast,
100% staff of Rhondda Cynon Taff,
United Kingdom strongly agree that their
local government encourages reporting
of irregularities and staff misconduct to
the appropriate authority.
Fig. 1: Percentage of Awgu and Rhondda Cynon Taff (RCT) staff opinions on organisational encouragement on
reporting of irregularities and misconduct of staff.
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The findings on whether the local
government helps in provision of
relevant awareness of reporting
procedures on misconducts to staff
through induction and training (Fig. 2)
reveal that 96% of the Awgu LGA staff
agreed that there is significant
awareness. However, 4% of the staff were
neutral to the statement indicating that
most of the staff affirms the knowledge
of procedures to take in order to report
any misconduct of staff. Similarly, the
result from of Rhondda Cynon Taff,
indicates that staff strongly agree (94%)
to agree (6%) that the local government
provides awareness of the reproducing
procedures.
Fig.2: Percentage of Awgu and Rhondda Cynon Taff (RCT) staff opinions on awareness of
reporting procedures on misconduct of staff.
Figure 3 below summaries the findings
obtained from the respondents on
whether the chairman of the local
government has right to appoint any
staff to carry out supervisory functions
on daily account and receipts tendered to
customers. The result revealed that 92%
of Awgu staff are fully aware of the power
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ascribed to the chairman on delegation of
duties whereas 8% disagreed with the
statement or had no knowledge of right
of the chairman to appoint any staff for
supervisory function. However, in
Rhondda Cynon Taff, United Kingdom,
there is no existence of chairman,
therefore, the question do not apply.
Fig.3: Percentage of the Awgu LGA staff opinions on awareness of Chairman’s right of
delegation of duties.
The Fig. 4 below reveals that 96% were
neutral to the statement that chairman
knows daily duties of every staff and
request detailed management accounts
in order to check accuracy of the
documents. However, 4% disagreed with
the statement indicating that the
chairman do not know the duties of the
staff he/she is overseeing. In contrast,
Rhondda Cynon Taff, United Kingdom do
not have any chairman, therefore, no
response was obtained for this question.
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Fig.4: Percentage of the Awgu LGA staff response on chairman’s knowledge of the duties
of all staff and accuracy of documents.
The summary of the findings on whether
the organisation helps to provide
awareness of penalties for misconducts
and inappropriate behaviour to every
staff through induction and
organisational policy is shown in Fig. 5
below. The result indicates that 8% of
Awgu LGA staff agreed with the
statement that appropriate awareness of
penalties for misconducts are provided
whereas 20% disagreed with the
statement. However, 72% were neutral to
the statement while 0% neither strongly
agreed nor disagreed with the statement.
In contrast, the result obtained from of
Rhondda Cynon Taff, United Kingdom
reveals that 100% staff agree that there is
provision of awareness of penalties for
misconduct and inappropriate behaviour
through induction and policies.
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Fig.5: Percentage of Awgu and Rhondda Cynon Taff (RCT) staff awareness of the
penalties for misconducts and inappropriate behaviour.
Ninety six percent (96%) of Awgu LGA
staff agreed that the organisation
sometimes overlooks misconduct and do
not apply the penalties on offenders as
stated in the company’s policy (Fig. 6)
whereas 4% disagreed with the
statement. Also 0% staff strongly agreed,
strongly disagreed or were neutral with
the statement. In contrast, the 100% staff
of Rhondda Cynon Taff, United Kingdom
strongly disagreed that their
organisation overlooks misconduct and
non-application of punishments to
offenders (Fig 6).
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Fig.6: Percentage of Awgu and Rhondda Cynon Taff (RCT) staff views on overlooking of
misconducts and enforcement of penalties on offenders by the local government
officers.
The summary of the finding on whether
the direct manager imposes sanction for
inefficient performance of daily duties is
shown in Fig 15 below. The result
indicates the 80% of the Awgu LGA staff
agreed that their direct line managers do
not discipline them for not carrying out
the assigned duties diligently whereas
12% disagreed with the statement.
However, 8% of the staff were neutral
whereas 0% neither strongly agreed nor
strongly disagreed with the statement.
This implies that there is no discipline
for misconduct or failure to impose
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punishment may be due to fear, unstrict
approach to work ethics or over liberal.
In contrast, 100% of staff of Rhondda
Cynon Taff, United Kingdom strongly
disagreed with the statement, and are
picked up on or criticised if they do not
carry out their duties diligently
.
Fig.7: Percentage of Awgu and Rhondda Cynon Taff (RCT) staff view on application of
sanctions for non-diligence performance of duties by direct line managers.
The Fig. 16 below show that 100% of
Awgu LGA staff disagree with the
statement that their line manager do not
understand my duties and therefore
cannot oversee it or recognise any
irregularity. In addition, the result
indicates that no staff (0%) agreed,
strongly agreed, strongly disagreed or
was neutral with the statement. The
implication is that all the line manages
understands the duties of those staff on
whom they have oversight
responsibilities. Similarly, the100% staff
from Rhondda Cynon Taff, United
Kingdom strongly disagree that their line
manager do not have understanding of
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their duties and cannot identify
irregularities.
Fig.8: Percentage of Awgu and Rhondda Cynon Taff (RCT) staff opinions on whether
their line managers understood their duties.
The summary of the finding on whether
the local government has established a
separate body to receive report on
misconducts or ineffectiveness and
imposes sanctions on offenders is shown
in Fig. 17 below. This result indicates
that 92% of Awgu LGA staff disagreed
that there is existence of established
independent body that receives report
for misconduct and enforce appropriate
sanction whereas 8% agreed to the
statement. Also no staff (0%) were
neutral, strongly disagreed nor strongly
agreed with the statement. In contrast,
100% staff from Rhondda Cynon Taff,
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United Kingdom strongly agree that there
is presence of independent body that
receives report on misconducts and
enforcement of sanctions on offenders.
This independent body is the Council’s
Audit Committee
Fig.9: Percentage of Awgu and Rhondda Cynon Taff (RCT) opinions on whether there is
established independent disciplinary body.
Critical evaluation of the staff’s views on
questions relating to effect of culture and
organisational structure on effective
implementation of internal control
indicates the presence of both cultural
and structural hindrances in Awgu LGA.
The cultural factor is evident on the
percentage of staff (80%) that agree that
their line manager do not sanction them
or punish them for misconduct. This
could be as a result of over familiarity,
insensible respect, and undue influence
of the subordinate over boss, lack of
integrity, work ethic etc. Similarly [18]
found that power distance and country’s
culture has positive correlation with
reported internal control material
weaknesses (ICMWs) whereas
occurrences due to uncertainty have
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negative link to ICMW. Similarly, [7]
research on the relationship between the
quality of internal control and
management guidance reveal the
existence of positive association between
the firms with ineffective internal control
and the inaccurate guidance of their
management. A comparative study of
Rhondda Cynon Taff, United Kingdom,
indicate that staff are criticised for
misconduct and non-diligent
performance of assigned duties. The
structure of the Awgu local government
is one of major contribution of
ineffective internal control in the system.
The analysis of the finding indicates that
most of the staff are aware of the power
ascribed to the chairman of the local
government. However, the chairman who
is also the Chief Executive Officer do not
know the duties of the staff nor does
he/she hold regular meetings with the
issues relating to internal control and
organisational objectives as indicated by
the findings. The chairman office is a
political appointment and anyone who
the governor of the state wants takes up
the role whether the individual is
educated or not. According to the
Financial Memoranda, the Chairman is
also the Chief Financial Officer and is
responsible for ensuring internal control.
However, Internal Control over Financial
Reporting is ensured by the Chief
Executive as well as Group Directors in
Rhondda Cynon Taff, United Kingdom
(RCTCBC, 2018). In addition, the Council
Constitution stated clearly that the Chief
Executive should not be the Chief
Financial Officer if he is not a
professional accountant and he/she is
not democratically elected, but a
qualified individual employed by the
Council to help achieve its aim and
objectives. The finding reveals that the
Chief Executive and Head of Paid Services
in Rhondda Cynon Taff, United Kingdom
hold regular meeting with staff on
matters relating to progress and internal
control. Control environment in
Indonesia local government is affected
by the guidance and authority of the
head of local government [14]. According
to [14], the financial management in is
largely influenced by control activities
and information technology monitoring
in Baringo, Kenya. In summary,
appointment of the elected, Chairman
who is non-qualified accountant to be the
Chief Executive Officer and Chief
Financial Officer in Nigeria local
government is a major flaws and
hindrance to effective internal control
over financial, management and
operational procedures. Also, contrary to
Rhondda Cynon Taff, Awgu local
government do not provide awareness of
penalties for misconducts and
inappropriate behaviours through
training or induction nor was it written
clearly in the company policies and
procedures. In addition, ninety six
percent (96%) of the respondents agree
that the organisation sometimes
overlooks misconduct and do not apply
the penalties on offenders as stated in
the company’s policy. This an indication
of lack of internal control and
commitment to duties as well as
presence of irregularities and
mismanagement of power. In contrast,
the Rhondda Cynon Taff, United
Kingdom has zero tolerance to
misconduct and disciplines any
misconduct appropriately. The finding
reveals non-existence of established a
separate body to receive report on
misconducts or ineffectiveness and
imposes sanctions on offenders. This
indicates there is no disciplinary body
that deals with misconduct or punishes
offenders in the local government, which
is a major flaw in the organisational
structure. This can instigate
misappropriate behaviours in staff that
has criminal tendency. In contrast, the
staff from Rhondda Cynon Taff, United
Kingdom has independent Council’s
Audit Committee that receives report on
misconducts and enforcement of
sanctions on offenders. However, [20]
research on the effect of auditing and
corporate government in eradication and
deterring of fraud, and found that the
management authorities are the
backbone of corporate government
whereas auditors are not effective and
have insufficient control in corporate
governance.
CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
The findings reveal that there is absence
of effective internal control over
financial procedures as a result of
inadequate segregation of duties and
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lack of verification of receipt issued to
customers. In addition, culture and
organisational structure affects the
effective implementation of internal
control. According to the finding, direct
line managers do not sanction their
subordinate for misconduct. This could
be as a result of over familiarity,
insensible respect, and undue influence
of the subordinate over boss, lack of
integrity and work ethic. In addition, the
structure of the local government is one
of major contribution of ineffective
internal control in the system. The result
reveals that the Chairman neither
understand duties of staff nor hold
regular meeting with staff on ways to
ensure internal control. Therefore,
appointment of the elected Chairman
who is not a qualified accountant to be
the Chief Executive Officer and Chief
Financial Officer in Nigeria local
government is a major hindrance to
effective internal control over financial,
management and operational
procedures. Also, staffs are not provided
with training or induction on awareness
of penalties for misconducts and
inappropriate behaviours or through
company policies and procedures. In
addition, overlooking misconducts and
in application penalties on offenders as
stated in the company’s policy as
indicated by the result is an indication of
lack of internal control and commitment
to duties as well as presence of
irregularities and mismanagement of
power. The under listed are the
recommendations that will help to
ensure effective internal control system
in Nigerian local government:
1. Establishment of well-resourced
independent internal audit
department to review the internal
control system. This department
should comprise of accountants,
auditors and non-accountants to
undertake examination,
evaluation, and reporting of
effectiveness of internal control.
They should conduct annual
auditing of financial report,
approval of annual audit plan,
ensure that measure for bribery
prevention are in place and
establishment of prompt fraud
investigation procedures, and act
as whistleblowing unit to receive
reports of potential or suspected
fraud.
2. Encouragement of staff to report
areas of potential fraud through
whistleblowing and issuance of
compensation for people that
reported fraud. This can be
achieved by setting the adequate
control environment and assuring
staff that all reports are in
confidence and will not lead to
implication or intimidation of the
individual.
3. Establishment of independent
Corporate Fraud Team that has
the responsibility of reviewing,
receiving and monitoring fraud
report. The team will made up
Councillors, lay members and
members from Internal audit
department.
4. Training staff on how to report
executive, senior or junior staff
that are involved in fraud and
embezzlement. This can be
achieved by informing staff that
they can report the senior or
executive staff to the Audit and
Scrutiny Committee as well as the
Corporate Fraud Team.
5. Providing training on areas with
potential fraud risk e.g. receipts,
salaries and ways to recognise
original receipts tendered to
customers. All receipts should
have a seal and a secret number.
This training should be carried
out every month through
seminars and workshops on
handling receipts, recording of
receipts, recognition of original
receipt through checking the
secret number. Establishment of
another team that will cross check
if the receipt tendered to the
customers are original by
verifying the existence of secret
numbers and seals.
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Influence of culture and structure on internal control implementation

  • 1. www.iaajournals.org Anzor 76 IAA Journal Arts and Humanities 10(1):76-75, 2023. ISSN: 2636-7297 ©IAAJOURNALS Influence of culture and structure on implementation of internal control: A case study of Awgu local government of Enugu State Nigeria Anzor Edith Chima Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Management Sciences, Enugu State University of Science and Technology, Enugu State, Nigeria. Email: anzoredith1@gmail.com ABSTRACT This study examined the influence of culture and structure on implementation of internal control: A case study of Awgu local government of Enugu State Nigeria. The findings revealed that culture and organisational structure hinder effective implementation of internal control. The findings revealed that direct line managers do not sanction their subordinate for misconduct, and the Chairman who is the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer neither understood duties of staff nor hold regular meeting with staff on ways to ensure internal control. Therefore, appointment of the elected Chairman who is not a qualified accountant to be the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer in Nigeria local government is a major flaw and hindrance to effective internal control over financial, management and operational procedures. Keywords: Influence, culture, structure, implementation and internal control. INTRODUCTION Previous researchers have studied the internal control and management of fund in some local government and public sectors in Nigeria in relation to internal control, and found some irregularities [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]. For example, [7, 8, 9] noted that some local government funds in Oyo state in Nigeria are mismanaged and embezzled by the board and management staff as a result of ineffective internal control system. Similarly, [10, 11, 12] study on the internal control system over financial accountability in some local government in Borno state indicate ineffectiveness in financial transparency. They suggested revisiting of local government policies and procedures as a way to address the problem [13, 14]. Evaluation of the financial management Ido-Osi local government area reveals the necessity of restructuring the ways of controlling fund and decreasing expenses [15, 16]. In addition, [17] investigation on the perception of stakeholders regarding the internal control in public organisations indicates the positive influence of internal control on financial accountability, and suggest that application of penalty on offenders will result to compliance with regulation. Consequently, the establishment of effective internal control system is paramount for transparent and accountability in financial reporting, and this will help to verify irregularities during disbursement of funds in the local government areas [18]. However, researches have been conducted in other areas of internal control system especially in banks, hotels and few public owned companies but very few research have been done on local government [19, 20, 21, 22, 23]. To this end, this research aims to examine the influence of culture and structure on implementation of internal control in Awgu local government of Enugu State Nigeria. In addition, this study provide an understanding of the problems inherent and suggest solutions for the way forward. Objective of the study The objective of the research was to determine the influence of culture and structure on implementation of internal control in Awgu local government Area of Enugu State Nigeria.
  • 2. www.iaajournals.org Anzor 77 Research question In order to achieve the aim and objective of this study an attempt has been made to answer the following questions. 1. Are measures in place sufficient to detect, prevent and eradicate fraud? 2. Do culture and current Local Government structures hinder the effective implementation of Internal Control Systems? Findings and Discussion Out of the two hundred (200) questionnaires distributed to staff of Awgu local government in Enugu state, Nigeria, twenty five (25) staff responded. The results obtained from the respondents that comprise of internal auditors and other senior staff are shown in Table 1. Similar questions were given to staff of Rhondda Cynon Taff local government in South Wales, United Kingdom. Out of twenty (20) questionnaires issued to Rhondda Cynon Taff local government in South Wales, United Kingdom eighteen (18) staff responded and the results are summarised in Table 2. The findings obtained from these two local governments and their comparisons are discussed in four sections below. Table 1: Summary of the questionnaires finding from Awgu Local government area of Enugu State. Question Numbers Strongly agree Agre e Neutr al Disagr ee Strongly Disagree Number of staff QNO1 0 25 0 0 0 25 QNO2 18 5 0 2 0 25 QNO3 18 7 0 0 0 25 QNO4 3 22 0 0 0 25 QNO5 4 18 1 2 0 25 QNO6 1 22 2 0 0 25 QNO7 0 24 1 0 0 25 QNO8 0 23 0 2 0 25 QNO9 0 0 24 1 0 25 QNO10 0 2 18 5 0 25 QNO11 0 24 0 1 0 25 QNO12 0 20 2 3 0 25 QNO13 0 0 0 25 0 25 QNO14 0 2 0 23 0 25 QNO15 0 22 3 0 0 25 QNO16 0 23 0 2 0 25 QNO17 0 21 0 4 0 25 QNO18 0 0 2 23 0 25 QNO19 0 0 1 22 0 23 QNO20 0 0 2 23 0 25 QNO21 0 0 24 1 0 25 QNO22 0 1 1 23 0 25 QNO23 0 0 0 25 0 25 QNO24 0 1 0 24 0 25 QNO25 0 1 0 24 0 25 QNO26 0 0 0 25 0 25 QNO27 0 23 1 1 0 25
  • 3. www.iaajournals.org Anzor 78 Table 2: Summary of the questionnaires finding from to Rhondda Cynon Taff local government in South Wales, United Kingdom. Questio n Numbe rs Strongly agree Agree Neutral Disagree Strongly Disagree Numb er of staff QNO1 100 0 0 0 0 18 QNO2 6 94 0 0 0 18 QN03 100 0 0 0 0 18 QNO4 100 0 0 0 0 18 QNO5 100 0 0 0 0 18 QNO6 100 0 0 0 0 18 QNO7 94 6 0 0 0 18 QNO8 Not Applicable Not Applicable Not Applicable Not Applicable Not Applicable 18 QNO9 Not Applicable Not Applicable Not Applicable Not Applicable Not Applicable 18 QNO10 0 100 0 0 0 18 QNO11 0 0 0 0 100 18 QNO12 0 0 0 0 100 18 QNO13 0 0 0 0 100 18 QNO14 100 0 0 0 0 18 QNO15 100 0 0 0 0 18 QNO16 100 0 0 0 0 18 QNO17 100 0 0 0 0 18 QNO18 94 6 0 0 0 18 QNO19 94 0 6 0 0 18 QNO20 0 100 0 0 0 18 QNO21 No response No response No response No response No response 18 QNO22 0 0 100 0 0 18 QNO23 0 100 0 0 0 18 QNO24 Not Applicable Not Applicable Not Applicable Not Applicable Not Applicable 18 QNO25 No response No response No response No response No response 18 QNO26 0 0 0 0 100 18 QNO27 100 0 0 0 0 18 The evaluation of the effect of culture and the existing local government structure as well as the evidence of impediments to implementation of effective internal control were investigated using seven (7) well structures questions incorporated in the questionnaires administered to the respondents. The result (Fig. 1) indicates that 88% of the Awgu LGA staff agree that the organisational culture encourages reporting of irregularities and misconduct of staff to the appropriate authority whereas 8% strongly agreed with the statement. However, 4% of the staff did not agree that the organisation encourages reporting of irregularities to appropriate authorities whereas 0% were
  • 4. www.iaajournals.org Anzor 79 neutral to the statement. In contrast, 100% staff of Rhondda Cynon Taff, United Kingdom strongly agree that their local government encourages reporting of irregularities and staff misconduct to the appropriate authority. Fig. 1: Percentage of Awgu and Rhondda Cynon Taff (RCT) staff opinions on organisational encouragement on reporting of irregularities and misconduct of staff.
  • 5. www.iaajournals.org Anzor 80 The findings on whether the local government helps in provision of relevant awareness of reporting procedures on misconducts to staff through induction and training (Fig. 2) reveal that 96% of the Awgu LGA staff agreed that there is significant awareness. However, 4% of the staff were neutral to the statement indicating that most of the staff affirms the knowledge of procedures to take in order to report any misconduct of staff. Similarly, the result from of Rhondda Cynon Taff, indicates that staff strongly agree (94%) to agree (6%) that the local government provides awareness of the reproducing procedures. Fig.2: Percentage of Awgu and Rhondda Cynon Taff (RCT) staff opinions on awareness of reporting procedures on misconduct of staff. Figure 3 below summaries the findings obtained from the respondents on whether the chairman of the local government has right to appoint any staff to carry out supervisory functions on daily account and receipts tendered to customers. The result revealed that 92% of Awgu staff are fully aware of the power
  • 6. www.iaajournals.org Anzor 81 ascribed to the chairman on delegation of duties whereas 8% disagreed with the statement or had no knowledge of right of the chairman to appoint any staff for supervisory function. However, in Rhondda Cynon Taff, United Kingdom, there is no existence of chairman, therefore, the question do not apply. Fig.3: Percentage of the Awgu LGA staff opinions on awareness of Chairman’s right of delegation of duties. The Fig. 4 below reveals that 96% were neutral to the statement that chairman knows daily duties of every staff and request detailed management accounts in order to check accuracy of the documents. However, 4% disagreed with the statement indicating that the chairman do not know the duties of the staff he/she is overseeing. In contrast, Rhondda Cynon Taff, United Kingdom do not have any chairman, therefore, no response was obtained for this question.
  • 7. www.iaajournals.org Anzor 82 Fig.4: Percentage of the Awgu LGA staff response on chairman’s knowledge of the duties of all staff and accuracy of documents. The summary of the findings on whether the organisation helps to provide awareness of penalties for misconducts and inappropriate behaviour to every staff through induction and organisational policy is shown in Fig. 5 below. The result indicates that 8% of Awgu LGA staff agreed with the statement that appropriate awareness of penalties for misconducts are provided whereas 20% disagreed with the statement. However, 72% were neutral to the statement while 0% neither strongly agreed nor disagreed with the statement. In contrast, the result obtained from of Rhondda Cynon Taff, United Kingdom reveals that 100% staff agree that there is provision of awareness of penalties for misconduct and inappropriate behaviour through induction and policies.
  • 8. www.iaajournals.org Anzor 83 Fig.5: Percentage of Awgu and Rhondda Cynon Taff (RCT) staff awareness of the penalties for misconducts and inappropriate behaviour. Ninety six percent (96%) of Awgu LGA staff agreed that the organisation sometimes overlooks misconduct and do not apply the penalties on offenders as stated in the company’s policy (Fig. 6) whereas 4% disagreed with the statement. Also 0% staff strongly agreed, strongly disagreed or were neutral with the statement. In contrast, the 100% staff of Rhondda Cynon Taff, United Kingdom strongly disagreed that their organisation overlooks misconduct and non-application of punishments to offenders (Fig 6).
  • 9. www.iaajournals.org Anzor 84 Fig.6: Percentage of Awgu and Rhondda Cynon Taff (RCT) staff views on overlooking of misconducts and enforcement of penalties on offenders by the local government officers. The summary of the finding on whether the direct manager imposes sanction for inefficient performance of daily duties is shown in Fig 15 below. The result indicates the 80% of the Awgu LGA staff agreed that their direct line managers do not discipline them for not carrying out the assigned duties diligently whereas 12% disagreed with the statement. However, 8% of the staff were neutral whereas 0% neither strongly agreed nor strongly disagreed with the statement. This implies that there is no discipline for misconduct or failure to impose
  • 10. www.iaajournals.org Anzor 85 punishment may be due to fear, unstrict approach to work ethics or over liberal. In contrast, 100% of staff of Rhondda Cynon Taff, United Kingdom strongly disagreed with the statement, and are picked up on or criticised if they do not carry out their duties diligently . Fig.7: Percentage of Awgu and Rhondda Cynon Taff (RCT) staff view on application of sanctions for non-diligence performance of duties by direct line managers. The Fig. 16 below show that 100% of Awgu LGA staff disagree with the statement that their line manager do not understand my duties and therefore cannot oversee it or recognise any irregularity. In addition, the result indicates that no staff (0%) agreed, strongly agreed, strongly disagreed or was neutral with the statement. The implication is that all the line manages understands the duties of those staff on whom they have oversight responsibilities. Similarly, the100% staff from Rhondda Cynon Taff, United Kingdom strongly disagree that their line manager do not have understanding of
  • 11. www.iaajournals.org Anzor 86 their duties and cannot identify irregularities. Fig.8: Percentage of Awgu and Rhondda Cynon Taff (RCT) staff opinions on whether their line managers understood their duties. The summary of the finding on whether the local government has established a separate body to receive report on misconducts or ineffectiveness and imposes sanctions on offenders is shown in Fig. 17 below. This result indicates that 92% of Awgu LGA staff disagreed that there is existence of established independent body that receives report for misconduct and enforce appropriate sanction whereas 8% agreed to the statement. Also no staff (0%) were neutral, strongly disagreed nor strongly agreed with the statement. In contrast, 100% staff from Rhondda Cynon Taff,
  • 12. www.iaajournals.org Anzor 87 United Kingdom strongly agree that there is presence of independent body that receives report on misconducts and enforcement of sanctions on offenders. This independent body is the Council’s Audit Committee Fig.9: Percentage of Awgu and Rhondda Cynon Taff (RCT) opinions on whether there is established independent disciplinary body. Critical evaluation of the staff’s views on questions relating to effect of culture and organisational structure on effective implementation of internal control indicates the presence of both cultural and structural hindrances in Awgu LGA. The cultural factor is evident on the percentage of staff (80%) that agree that their line manager do not sanction them or punish them for misconduct. This could be as a result of over familiarity, insensible respect, and undue influence of the subordinate over boss, lack of integrity, work ethic etc. Similarly [18] found that power distance and country’s culture has positive correlation with reported internal control material weaknesses (ICMWs) whereas occurrences due to uncertainty have
  • 13. www.iaajournals.org Anzor 88 negative link to ICMW. Similarly, [7] research on the relationship between the quality of internal control and management guidance reveal the existence of positive association between the firms with ineffective internal control and the inaccurate guidance of their management. A comparative study of Rhondda Cynon Taff, United Kingdom, indicate that staff are criticised for misconduct and non-diligent performance of assigned duties. The structure of the Awgu local government is one of major contribution of ineffective internal control in the system. The analysis of the finding indicates that most of the staff are aware of the power ascribed to the chairman of the local government. However, the chairman who is also the Chief Executive Officer do not know the duties of the staff nor does he/she hold regular meetings with the issues relating to internal control and organisational objectives as indicated by the findings. The chairman office is a political appointment and anyone who the governor of the state wants takes up the role whether the individual is educated or not. According to the Financial Memoranda, the Chairman is also the Chief Financial Officer and is responsible for ensuring internal control. However, Internal Control over Financial Reporting is ensured by the Chief Executive as well as Group Directors in Rhondda Cynon Taff, United Kingdom (RCTCBC, 2018). In addition, the Council Constitution stated clearly that the Chief Executive should not be the Chief Financial Officer if he is not a professional accountant and he/she is not democratically elected, but a qualified individual employed by the Council to help achieve its aim and objectives. The finding reveals that the Chief Executive and Head of Paid Services in Rhondda Cynon Taff, United Kingdom hold regular meeting with staff on matters relating to progress and internal control. Control environment in Indonesia local government is affected by the guidance and authority of the head of local government [14]. According to [14], the financial management in is largely influenced by control activities and information technology monitoring in Baringo, Kenya. In summary, appointment of the elected, Chairman who is non-qualified accountant to be the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer in Nigeria local government is a major flaws and hindrance to effective internal control over financial, management and operational procedures. Also, contrary to Rhondda Cynon Taff, Awgu local government do not provide awareness of penalties for misconducts and inappropriate behaviours through training or induction nor was it written clearly in the company policies and procedures. In addition, ninety six percent (96%) of the respondents agree that the organisation sometimes overlooks misconduct and do not apply the penalties on offenders as stated in the company’s policy. This an indication of lack of internal control and commitment to duties as well as presence of irregularities and mismanagement of power. In contrast, the Rhondda Cynon Taff, United Kingdom has zero tolerance to misconduct and disciplines any misconduct appropriately. The finding reveals non-existence of established a separate body to receive report on misconducts or ineffectiveness and imposes sanctions on offenders. This indicates there is no disciplinary body that deals with misconduct or punishes offenders in the local government, which is a major flaw in the organisational structure. This can instigate misappropriate behaviours in staff that has criminal tendency. In contrast, the staff from Rhondda Cynon Taff, United Kingdom has independent Council’s Audit Committee that receives report on misconducts and enforcement of sanctions on offenders. However, [20] research on the effect of auditing and corporate government in eradication and deterring of fraud, and found that the management authorities are the backbone of corporate government whereas auditors are not effective and have insufficient control in corporate governance. CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS The findings reveal that there is absence of effective internal control over financial procedures as a result of inadequate segregation of duties and
  • 14. www.iaajournals.org Anzor 89 lack of verification of receipt issued to customers. In addition, culture and organisational structure affects the effective implementation of internal control. According to the finding, direct line managers do not sanction their subordinate for misconduct. This could be as a result of over familiarity, insensible respect, and undue influence of the subordinate over boss, lack of integrity and work ethic. In addition, the structure of the local government is one of major contribution of ineffective internal control in the system. The result reveals that the Chairman neither understand duties of staff nor hold regular meeting with staff on ways to ensure internal control. Therefore, appointment of the elected Chairman who is not a qualified accountant to be the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer in Nigeria local government is a major hindrance to effective internal control over financial, management and operational procedures. Also, staffs are not provided with training or induction on awareness of penalties for misconducts and inappropriate behaviours or through company policies and procedures. In addition, overlooking misconducts and in application penalties on offenders as stated in the company’s policy as indicated by the result is an indication of lack of internal control and commitment to duties as well as presence of irregularities and mismanagement of power. The under listed are the recommendations that will help to ensure effective internal control system in Nigerian local government: 1. Establishment of well-resourced independent internal audit department to review the internal control system. This department should comprise of accountants, auditors and non-accountants to undertake examination, evaluation, and reporting of effectiveness of internal control. They should conduct annual auditing of financial report, approval of annual audit plan, ensure that measure for bribery prevention are in place and establishment of prompt fraud investigation procedures, and act as whistleblowing unit to receive reports of potential or suspected fraud. 2. Encouragement of staff to report areas of potential fraud through whistleblowing and issuance of compensation for people that reported fraud. This can be achieved by setting the adequate control environment and assuring staff that all reports are in confidence and will not lead to implication or intimidation of the individual. 3. Establishment of independent Corporate Fraud Team that has the responsibility of reviewing, receiving and monitoring fraud report. The team will made up Councillors, lay members and members from Internal audit department. 4. Training staff on how to report executive, senior or junior staff that are involved in fraud and embezzlement. This can be achieved by informing staff that they can report the senior or executive staff to the Audit and Scrutiny Committee as well as the Corporate Fraud Team. 5. Providing training on areas with potential fraud risk e.g. receipts, salaries and ways to recognise original receipts tendered to customers. All receipts should have a seal and a secret number. This training should be carried out every month through seminars and workshops on handling receipts, recording of receipts, recognition of original receipt through checking the secret number. Establishment of another team that will cross check if the receipt tendered to the customers are original by verifying the existence of secret numbers and seals. REFERENCES 1. Afiah, N.N.A., P.C. (2015) ' The effect of the implementation of government internal control system (GICS) on the quality of financial reporting of local government and its impact on the principles of good governance: A research in district, city, and
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