ASSESSMENT OF SUITABILITY OF QUANTITY SURVEYORS IN THE PROVISION OF CONTRACT AUDITING SERVICES IN NORTH-WEST GEO-POLITICAL ZONE OF NIGERIA
ASSESSMENT OF SUITABILITY OF QUANTITY SURVEYORS IN THE PROVISION OF CONTRACT AUDITING SERVICES IN NORTH-WEST GEO-POLITICAL ZONE OF NIGERIA
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2014-06
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YAHAYA, IBRAHIM
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Abstract
The emerging demand for Contract Auditing of most projects procurement efforts in Nigeria has raised
the relevant question as to which profession was best suited to expertly provide these services.
Conflicting claims for contract auditing services among relevant professionals prompted this study.
The study assessed, from the Quantity Surveying point of reference, the perception of contending
professionals to the provision of these services. Three hypothesis were tested at five percent (5%)
significant level, to find out if the various professions had differing understanding of what professional
contract auditing constitutes; the various professions agreed that the Quality surveying profession was
best suited to perform the service of contract auditing in Nigeria; the professions were in agreement
that an overlapping relationship exist between the services of Quantity Surveying and those of contract
auditing. The study concluded that the relevant professions were of the view the view that the Quantity
Surveying profession is best suited to perform the service of contract auditing in North-west Geopolitical
Zone of Nigeria and Nigeria at large. It is therefore, recommended that the Quantity
Surveying profession should prepare and empower herself/itself to be able to expertly provide such
services to the clients
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A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE POST GRADUATE SCHOOL,
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA
IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD
OF A
MASTER DEGREE OF SCIENCE IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT
DEPARTMENT OF QUANTITY SURVEYING,
FACULTY OF ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN,
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA
NIGERIA
JUNE, 2014
Keywords
ASSESSMENT,, SUITABILITY,, QUANTITY,, SURVEYORS,, PROVISION,, CONTRACT,, AUDITING,, SERVICES,, NORTH-WEST,, GEO-POLITICAL ZONE, NIGERIA.