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A CRITICAL APPRAISAL OF BUDGETING AND BUDGETARY CONTROL IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR: A CASE STUDY OF MINISTRY OF FINANCE, MAKURDI
ABSTRACT: This paper titled, A Critical Appraisal of Budgeting and Budgetary Control in the Public Sector is aimed at finding out the impact of budgeting and performance in the public sector. To ascertain the effectiveness of budgets control and the problems affecting budgeting and budgetary control. The writers used literature review as their main source of data using ministry of Finance, Makurdi as a case study and also made use of personal observations. The writers found that budgeting and budgetary control in the public sector is weak and despite the effort of government, budget and budgetary control has failed because of dependence on federation account, untrained budget staff, non-adherence to budgetary control measures, corruption, inflation and political environment. The author recommended among others that there is a need for budget culture in the public sector, sharpening the budget monitoring and implementation procedures in the public sector, sustaining greater accountability and transparency and making the need for budgeting realistic and not just a formality.
Key words: Accountability, Budgeting, Monitoring and Implementation, Transparency.