Kwara State University
Saidu Musa
Designation: Assistant Lecturer
Department: Accounting and Finance
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| 1 | AUDIT COMMITTEE ATTRIBUTES AND TIMELINSS OF CORPORATE FINANCIAL REPORTING IN NIGERIA |
In many studies the audit delay experienced in Nigeria firms attributes to external auditors. But this is not 100% true because before an external audit expresses an independent opinion on the financial statements, he needs to work with the internal auditor and audit committee of the organization to successfully carry out the audit work. The audit committee particularly would help the external auditor enhance its timely reporting. The roles of an audit committee are to oversee the process of financial reporting, the work of the external auditor, and to strengthen the internal control of an organization. Therefore, the audit committee effectiveness would help the external auditor reduce reporting log and improve the timeliness of financial reports. Despite the establishment of a committee on audit in firms and the deadline set by the capital markets on anal financial reporting, reporting log still exists. Against this backdrop, we investigated the impact of audit committee attributes on the timeliness of corporate financial reporting in Nigeria. A sample of one hundred and sixteen (116) listed firms on the Nigerian Stock Exchange from 2017 to 2018. We used descriptive and inferential statistics to summarize and draw inference on the population studied. The result from the Robust least squares regression revealed that audit committee independence and female directors in the audit committee reduces audit report lag, thus increases the timeliness of financial reporting. However, we found no evidence on the impact of audit committee diligence on the timeliness of financial reporting. We found out that there is a joint positive effect of female directors on the nexus between audit committee independence and the timeliness of financial reporting. The study concluded that audit committee attributes affect the timeliness of corporate financial reporting in Nigeria. We recommend that firms should continue to sustain the culture of having non-executive directors in the audit | AIFUWA Hope Osayantin , MUSA Saidu, GOLD Nusirat Ojuolape | 2 (88) | Audit, Analysis & Control | 2020-11-24 | DOI https://doi.org/10.33146/2307-9878-2020-2(88)-114-124 | |