Effects of Financial Management Reforms on Financial Corruption in Nigeria Public Sector

This paper examined Financial Management Reforms and its Effect on Curbing Financial Corruption in Nigeria Public Sector. A survey design was adopted in the study and a sample of three hundred and twenty four 324 respondent which consist of Accountants and Auditors from Anambra state MDAs. The variables used for this study consists of dependent and independent variables. The dependent variable for this study is financial management reform proxy as IPSAS, TSA, IPPIS, and GIFMIS. The data generated were subjected to different statistical tests such as descriptive statistics, correlation analysis, jargua Bera normality test, and auto correlation test. The data gathered were finally analyzed using Ordinary Least Square OLS regression analysis. The study found that International Public Sector Accounting Standards IPSAS and Treasury Single Account TSA , when tested as standalone variables was found to be positively and statistically significant in curbing financial corruption. While Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System IPPIS and Government Integrated Financial Management Information System GIFMIS when tested as standalone variable was found to be positively but insignificantly and negatively but insignificantly curbing financial corruption respectively across public sector in Nigeria. Meanwhile, the t statistic result of the interaction among these variable showed that their combination can go a long way in curbing financial corruption. The study recommends that, There should be Effective efficient monitoring, upgrading and sustenance of IPSASs, TSA, IPPIS and GIFMIS in the public sector, if Nigerian government is actually sincere and serious about tackling corruption in the country and stop cases of financial mismanagement, teaming and lading and prepare financial statements that could make full disclosure of every material facts and figures. This study, been the first and best of its type, makes a two major contributions to knowledge in a way that the variables used were tested as both stand alone and interactive variables, and the results are quite revealing. Onukelobi, Peace Chinwe | Okoye, Pius V. C. "Effects of Financial Management Reforms on Financial Corruption in Nigeria Public Sector" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-3 | Issue-6 , October 2019, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd29255.pdf