This research work titled ‘Financial Planning and Control in Zaria Local Government Area of Kaduna State’ is aimed to make an in depth examination of the revenue and expenditure plan and the method of financial control in the existing local Government system in Nigeria and Zaria local government area in particular. Thus, one hundred and fifty questionnaires were given to the staffs of local government who were selected at random through simple random sampling. However, it was observed that Zaria local government obtained its revenue through internal and external sources, similarly, it was also observed that there are various ways through which state government control the finances of Zaria local government among other observations. As such, appropriate recommendations were made.

TABLE OF CONTENT

TITLE PAGE ___         ___    ___    ___    ___    ___    ___    ___    ___    ___    ___i

APPROVAL PAGE ___         ___    ___    ___    ___    ___    ___    ___    ___    ___ii

DECLARATION ___    ___    ___    ___    ___    ___    ___    ___    ___    ___iii

DEDICATION ___        ___    ___    ___    ___    ___    ___    ___    ___    ___iv

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ___         ___    ___    ___    ___    ___    ___    ___    ___v

ABSTRACT        ___    ___   ___    ___    ___    ___    ___    ___    ___    ___vi

TABLE OF CONTENTS ___ ___   ___    ___    ___    ___    ___    ___    ___vii

CHAPTE ONE

 1.1  BACKGROUND OF THE  STUDY___      ___    ___    ___    ___    ___1

1.2   STATEMENT OF RESEARCH PROBLEM ___  ___    ___    ___    ___2

1.3   OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY ___ ___    ___    ___    ___    ___    ___3

1.4   SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY___        ___    ___    ___    ___    ___    ___4

1.5   RESEARCH HYPOTHESIS___        ___    ___    ___    ___    ___    ___    ___4

1.6   RESEARCH QUESTIONS ___          ___    ___    ___    ___    ___    ___    ___5

1.7   SCOPE AND LIMITATION OF THE STUDY___         ___    ___    ___    ___5

1.8   DEFINATION OF TERMS ___         ___    ___    ___    ___    ___    ___    ___6

CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW

 2.1  INTRODUCTION ___    ___    ___    ___    ___    ___    ___    ___    ___8

2.2   HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY___  ___    ___    ___9

2.3   LOCAL GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE___        ___    ___    ___    ___    ___10

2.4   FUNCTIONS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT___   ___    ___    ___    ___11

2.5   ORGANISATION OF FINANCE FUNCTION IN PUBLIC UNDERTAKING___        ___      ___    ___    ___    ___    ___    ___    ___    ___13

CHAPTER THREE

3.1   RESEARCH METHODOLOGY AND PROCEDURE   ___    ___    ___14

 3.2  POPULATION OF THE STUDY___ ___    ___    ___    ___    ___    ___14

3.3   SAMPLE AND SAMPLING TECHNIQUE___    ___    ___    ___    ___14

3.4   METHOD OF DATA COLLECTION ___  ___    ___    ___    ___    ___ 15

3.5   PROCEDURE FOR DATA COLLECTION          ___    ___    ___    ___    ___ 15

3.6   METHOD OF DATA ANALYSIS     ___    ___    ___    ___    ___    ___16

CHAPTER FOUR                                    

4.0   DATA PRESENTATION AND ANAYSIS ___    ___    ___    ___    ___17

4.1   INTRODUCTION ___    ___    ___    ___    ___    ___    ___    ___    ___17

4.2   SOURCE OF FINANCE ___    ___    ___    ___    ___    ___    ___    ___17

4.3   PROBLEMS OF INTERNAL SOURCE      ___    ___    ___    ___    ___ 18

4.4   BUDGET AND BUDGETARY SYSTEM IN ZARIA LOCAL GOVERNMENT        ___      ___    ___    ___    ___    ___    ___    ___    ___    ___ 19

4.5   INTERNAL CONTROL OF FUND   ___    ___    ___    ___    ___    ___ 25

4.6   STATE GOVERNMENT CONTROL OVER LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE        ___      ___    ___    ___    ___    ___    ___    ___    ___    ___    ___ 29

4.7   LIMITATION ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF FINANCE PLANING IN ZARIA LOCAL GOVERNMENT       ___    ___    ___    ___    ___    ___    ___30        

CHAPTER FIVE

5.0   SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION   ___    ___33

5.1   SUMMARY ___    ___    ___    ___    ___    ___    ___    ___    ___    ___33

5.2   CONCLUSION  ___       ___    ___    ___    ___    ___    ___    ___    ___34

5.3   RECOMMENDATION___       ___    ___    ___    ___    ___    ___    ___35

APPENDIX                   ___    ___    ___    ___    ___    ___    ___    ___    __      ___37

BIBLIOGRAPHY ___   ___