FRAUD CONTROL IN EGOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT: CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS

The study was designed to examine the challenges and prospects of fraud control in Egor Local Government Area of Edo State. The objectives of the study include the following; to find out the impact of fraud control measures, on the overall management of Egor Local Government, to find out the local government council employees knowledge base on the concept of fraud in the public organisation sector. To find out effective fraud control measures influence on prevention and detection of fraud, and to find out the problem of fraud and how to curb it. The study adopted survey research design. The population of study of this research is made up of all staffs of Egor local government council which is 1,156. The sample size of this study is respondents selected randomly from the population of the study. The instrument used for the collection of data was the questionnaire which was administered to the study sampled respondents. 150 questionnaires were distributed with a 100% retrieval. The data collected was analyzed using simple percentage. The study revealed amongst others that Egor local government does not have modern technological devices to track the inflow and outflow of revenue in the council. Furthermore, policy recommendations were proffered, one of which is that Egor local government should acquire and utilize modern technological devices for transactions. This can help to track all payments and transactions made in the council.