AN ECONOMY WITHOUT A BUDGET

TABLE OF CONTENTS

TITLE PAGE

APPROVAL

DEDICATION

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

TABLE OF CONTENT

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

1.1     STATEMENT OF PROBLEM

1.2     POURPOSE OF THE STUDY

1.3     SIGNIFICANCE OF STUDY

1.4     LIMITAITON OF STUDY

1.5     SCOPE OF STUDY

CHAPTER TWO         LITERATURE REVIEW

2.1     INTRODUCTION

2.2     THE ORIGIN OF BUDGET

2.3     DEFINITION OF BUDGET

2.4     AIMS OF BUDGET

2.5     COMPOSITION OF THE BUDGET

2.6     BUDGETING PROCESS

2.7     THE FIRST PHASE

2.8     THE SECOND PHASE

2.9     THE THIRD PHASE

2.10   THE FOURTH PHASE

2.11   ADVANTAGES OF BUDGET

2.12   PROBLEMS OF BUDGET

2.13   KEY INSTITUTION INVOTLED IN BUGET PREPARATION

CHAPTER THREE

3.1     SUMMARY OF FINDINGS

3.2     RECOMMENDATION

3.3     CONCLUSION

CHAPTER ONE

1.1            INTRODUCTION

For an economy to achieve it’s goal, it is pre-determined at it’s effective

performance at the least possible cost.  One mechanism to embark it’s budget is the budget.

          The growth of any organization is determine by planning. Planning helps in deciding ahead of the future on what to do, how to do it, when to do it and who to do it.

The success of any organization lies on planning.  Therefore planning means the setting of organizational goals and the means of achieving it.  An economy without a plan has fail to plan.

Budgeting system guides the planning process.

Definition of Budget:

          The Oxford Dictionary of accounting defines budget as “a financial or quantitative statement prepared prior to a specified period, contained plans and policies to be pursued during the period.

          The states budget is prepared by its management and the process involve a higher degree of complexity than budgets prepared by business organization.

1.2            STATEMENT OF PROBLEM

The problem of Nigeria budget is the delayance, it has been a

problem to those in charge of the formulation of the budget and the people involve in the implementation.

The delay in the presentation of budget in any organization affects the economy thereby making it impossible to attain to its goal; thus guiding on economy to remain stagnant.

An economy without a budget can not operates; if it can, then how?

1.3            PURPOSE OF STUTY

The aim of this research is to put implace and view the

management functions of budgeting.  In order to underline the view that success in any economy alies not or occurs by chance, but enhancing a creative instants the ability to take advantage of opportunities through deliberate planning.

          This research seeks to create awareness about negative impact of an economy without a budget and to make recommendation.  It with also oblige government into making an early study of it’s problems, signifying and instilling into the government the habit of careful study before reading the budget.

1.4            SIGNIFANCE OF STUDY

It is not only preparing of budgets that matter but

implementing it that is of paramount important.

          The government have to address the issue on how to eliminate delayance in implementing budget. Thus affecting the growth of the economy.

1.5            LIMITATION OF STUDY

As a result of insufficient time and financial mobilization