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CHAPTER ONE
1.0 INTRODUCTION
1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Over the years, irregularities have been the problems of commercial banks. The term irregularities are used to refer to intentional distortion of financial statement and misappropriation of assets for whatever purpose. Fraud is one type of irregularities. Fraud, in auditing guideline, is used to refer to irregularities involving the use of criminal deception to obtain unjust or illegal advantages.
Fraud may entail that proper accounting records have not been properly maintained, it may also point out that some internal control system are not effective and could not form a reliable source of information for an auditor. Existence of fraud in a financial statement endangers it from showing a true and fair view and complying with the provision of the companies and Allied Matter Acts (CAMA) 1990.
Therefore, fraud in banks must be looked at generally as “acts that involves the loss of assets by banks through dishonest and deceitful means. The fraudster intentionally
but dishonestly benefit himself to the detriment of the bank, the bank staff, bank customers and any other member of the public via banking operations. Fraud can be committed by bank staff, bank customers or a third party that is non-customer (Eze, 2004).
1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBEM
Fraud in the Nigerian Commercial banks has been notable and has remained an unavoidable problem and has resisted all practicable treatment. This incidence has not only become an incessant phenomenon but also been on the increase in the recent past.
In recent years, the volume and frequency of fraudulent practices in Nigeria banks have been on the increase. According to the Nigerian Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC), the level of reported fraud in Nigeria banks rose from N 804m in 1990 to N3, 199m in 1998. Furthermore, the actual/expected loss to the amount involved in fraud rose from 3 percent in 1990 to 22 percent in 1998. This is evidenced in the report, which is the highest fraud ever reported in any particular year by a Nigerian bank in 1998,
when united Bank for Africa Plc wrote of N786m on account of fraud.
The growing scope and scale of fraud in the Nigerian banking industry is surprising and the general confidence reposed in the banking institutions has become eroded since the new concept of distress, bank failure and closures in the recent years. From available records, out of about 114 financial institutions operating in the country as at 1996, 52 were distressed while 6 were acquired. With the frequent fraud, people are no longer at ease keeping their monies in the commercial banks but instead prefer to keep them in their houses or prefer to hold them in wares.
The commercial banks shares 90% of all cases of malpractices, forgeries and frauds (Wikipedia 2007).
1.2 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
The main objective of the study includes the following.
(1) To access the impact of frauds on banking public and on bank performances.
(2) To identify the causes of bank fraud in Nigeria.
(3) To examine the effectiveness of the supervisory and oversight functions of the CBN.
(4) To ascertain the incidence of fraud in the Nigerian banking industry
1.4 RESEARCH QUESTIONS
The study poses the following research questions.
(1) What are the impacts of fraud on banking and on bank performance?
(2) What are the causes of bank fraud in Nigeria?
(3) How effective is the supervisory and oversight functions of the CBN?
(4) What are the incidences of fraud in Nigerian banking
industry?
1.5 RESEARCH HYPOTHESES
The following research hypotheses will be formulated for the purpose of the study.
1. Ho: Economic down turn and termination/retirement of staff are not impact of fraud ob banking and on
bank performance.
Hi: Economic down turn and termination/retirement of staff are impact of fraud ob banking and on bank performance.
2.Ho: Poor Management and security arrangement in commercial banks do not cause fraud in Nigerian banking industry.
Hi: Poor Management and security arrangement in commercial banks causes fraud in Nigerian banking industry.
3.Ho:The supervisory and oversight function of CBN in protecting the depositors, economy, and banks‟ customers is not effective.
Hi: The supervisory and oversight function of CBN in
protecting the depositors, economy, and banks‟
customers is effective.
4. Ho: The spate of fraud in Nigerian banking industry is low. Ho: The spate of fraud in Nigerian banking industry is
high.
1.6 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
The study of these kinds is very important and timely, especially at this period when the Nigerian central bank, Nigeria deposit insurance corporation (NDIC) and government and its agencies are doing something to curb the menace of fraud in commercial banks. The study will not only raise public awareness of the presence of fraud in the commercial
bank but also grants public awareness of the existence of anti-fraud investigators, thus assisting and encouraging those who may witness or suspect act of fraud being committed by people to report it and provide evidence.
The study will go a long way to sensitizing the public on the adverse effect of fraud on commercial banks and the Nigeria economy at large. In addition, it will equally serve as a reference material for researchers in the same field.
1.7 SCOPE OF THE STUDY
The scope of the study seeks to deliberately delineate the boundaries of the study (Onodugo, 2010). In this research work, treating the problems as a whole will be too much for the requirement of this work. Therefore, Kaduna state is used for the analysis of the work to determine the role of CBN in the management of fraud in Nigerian commercial banks.
1.8 LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY
The study focuses only on the management of fraud in Nigeria commercial banks. Constraints to the study are enumerated;
1. Time Constraint: The limited nature of time available for the researcher could not allow him to collate all the information needed for the study.
2. Financial Constraint: Finance which is the driving force of any research work was insufficient. Due to this constraint, the researcher could not visit places where relevant information for the study could be obtained.
3. Attitude of the Respondents:Some of the s
respondents show negative attitude towards the study because they felt that there is no financial benefits attachment.
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