EFFECT OF AUDIT CHARACTERISTICS ON FIRMS PERFORMANCE AMONG SELECTED DEPOSIT MONEY BANKS IN NIGERIA

📄 Project Abstract

The study examined how audit characteristics affected a firm's performance in some few selected Nigerian deposit money institutions. By improving a company's financial performance, quality audits can promote effective risk management internal control, and corporate governance. Because auditors are required to offer an independent, unbiased view on the creation and presentation of financial accounts, the statutory audit can boost confidence. Auditors must be objective in their judgments, but the research they must conduct to do so might be difficult in some company environments, such as money institutions in Nigeria, where deposits are made. Therefore, from an accounting perspective, audit quality and its relationship to corporate performance are of significant importance to researchers. Given that many Nigerian companies are striving to regain trust with both domestic and foreign investors, a study of the relationship between audit quality and the performance of listed firms in Nigeria...