CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS

The Church, from its inception, had been a beacon of hope, transformation and development in society. Therefore, this study was aimed at investigating the relationship between the church and state in Nigeria between 1960 and 2020. The study adopted a critical investigation into the relationship that existed between the church and the Nigerian nation in the areas of education, politics, morality, agriculture and human empowerment, interwoven with historical and phenomenological approaches in the process of writing. It also embraced a comprehensive understanding of some aspects of works that are unpublished, critical reviews of textbooks, articles in journals, newspapers, as well as data from the internet. The findings of the study illuminated how the relationship between the Church and Nigerian nation had engendered collaboration for growth and development in the area of education, agriculture, politics and moral development of the Nigerian citizenry through character and spiritual training, fair treatment of children, youth empowerment and eradication of women marginalization. It was recommended that the church has ability to foster group cohesion, nurture and sustain reciprocity among members of any community. Therefore, Christian congregations are expected to serve and deal with the social needs of their community. Also, the Nigerian Government should deem it necessary to always embrace the church in matters concerning the public and politics because the church influenced politics not only by ruling power but in so far as it served the communities in which it lives

The study was designed to examine the challenges and prospects of fraud control in Egor Local Government Area of Edo State. Theobjectives 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 employeesknowledge base on the concept of fraud in the public organisationsector. To find out ef ective fraud control measures influenceonprevention and detection of fraud, and to find out the problemof fraud and how to curb it. The study adopted survey researchdesign. The population of study of this research is made up of all staf s of Egor local government council which is 1,156. The sample sizeof this study is respondents selected randomly from the populationof the study. The instrument used for the collection of data was thequestionnaire which was administered to the study sampledrespondents. 150 questionnaires were distributed with a100%retrieval. The data collected was analyzed using simple percentage. The study revealed amongst others that Egor local government doesnot have modern technological devices to track the inflowandoutflow of revenue in the council. Furthermore, policyrecommendations were prof ered, one of which is that Egor local government should acquire and utilize modern technological devices for transactions. This can help to track all payments andtransactions made in the council.