“THE IMPACT OF CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA PRUDENTIAL GUIDELINES ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF LICENSED: A CASE STUDY OF FIRST BANK OF NIGERIA PLC AND UNION BANK OF NIGERIA PLC”.

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The prudential guidelines for licensed banks which are based on globa banking standards, imposed far-reaching requirements in the classification of risk assets and provision for bad and doubtful debts. Since its introduction in November 1990 the implementation of the guidelines has had a profound impact on the operations of banks.In this project, the researcher has succeeded in identifying the features of the prudential guidelines as well as its impact on published financial statements of commercial banks in Nigeria.Published financial statement of the banks for the period of 1990 that is, the inception of prudential guidelines were examined and with that of the period 1994-1998 the prudential guidelines period.Both primary and secondary sources of data were used in the course of the research.Two hypothesis were tested using chi-square test.The research work revealed that:-

(1)The net profit position of commercial banks in Nigeria have been significantly altered since the implementation of the prudential guidelines.

(2)The provision for bad and doubtful debts of commercial banks in Nigeria have significantly increased since the implementation of the prudential guidelines.

The exercise was concluded with suggestion for further study which include:-

(1)further research be conducted to ascertain the impact of the prudential guidelines on the overall activities of all licensed banks in Nigeria.

(2)Further research be carried out on the central bank of Nigeria monitoring implementation measures concerning banks and non-banks financial institutions in Nigeria.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Title pageii

Dedicationiii

Acknowledgementiv

Abstractvi

Table of contentsviii

CHAPTER ONE

Introduction1

1.1Statement of problem and objective of

the study1

1.2 Rationale of the study1

1.3 Significance of the study2

1.4 Definitions of terms4

CHAPTER TWO

Review of Related Literature 6

2.1 Theoretical review6

2.2Empirical review17

CHAPTER THREE

Research design and methodology21

3.1Hypothesis21

3.2Methodology of study22

3.3Limitation of study24

3.4Sources of data25

CHAPTER FOUR

4.1 Presentation of data27

4.2 Analysis of data32

4.3 Discussion of the result of analysis42

CHAPTER FIVE

5.1 Summary of the study 44

5.2 Conclusion45

5.3Recommendation47

Bibliography48

Appendix questionnaire52

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