@article{samuel2015achieving,
  title = {Achieving Public Sector Competitiveness through Vision 2020 Goals Delivery in Nigeria: The Role of Forensic Accounting},
  author = {Faboyede Olusola Samuel and Mukoro Oluku Dick and Oyewo Babajide},
  year = 2015,
  url = {https://ibimapublishing.com/articles/JSABR/2015/789351/},
  journal = {Journal of South African Business Research},
  volume = 2015 (2015),
  pages = 15,
  doi = 10.5171/2015.789351,
  abstract = {There is a paramount need for all government machinery organizations to be globally competitive and largely free of corruption all over the world. Vision 20:2020 in Nigeria seeks to develop the country and bring it into the league of the world’s 20 leading economies by the year 2020. The identified vehicles for realizing this goal are sound economy, good governance and sustainable development. In Nigeria and other global climes, financial irregularity and corruption are severe problems of concern. The conception and attainment of vision 2020 for nations will be futile if issues such as lack of a well-developed and implemented policy of corporate governance, lack of honesty and transparency in financial reporting, and an inefficient and ineffective system of internal controls, persist in the public sector. The role that forensic accounting or investigative accounting plays in achieving public sector global competitiveness through delivering Nigeria’s vision 2020 constitutes the focus point of this research. The adopted research methodology is the survey research design which employs the Kruskal-Wallis statistical test for analysis. The research finds that fraud and corruption are fundamental problems of the Nigerian public sector and that forensic accounting is relevant in making Nigeria globally competitive via a successful vision 2020 agenda that entrenches stable economic growth, crime free society, foreign direct investments and positive image both locally and internationally. The paper recommends, among others, the strengthening of forensic accounting institutions and their increased engagement in public sector services delivery towards vision 2020 agenda actualization.},
  keywords = {Public sector, Competitiveness, Forensic accounting, Vision 2020.},
  note = Article ID: 789351
}