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Corporate Governance And Accounting Information Disclosure In The Nigerian Banking Sector, Igbekoyi Olusola Esther, Agbaje Wale Henry

International Review of Business and Economics

The study examine the effect of corporate governance on the quality of accounting information disclosed in Nigerian banks. The study covers banks that are quoted in the Nigeria Stock Exchange. Data were collected from secondary sources using the annual reports and factbook of selected banks during the period of 2006-2015. Data collected were analyzed using statistical tools; unit root, co-integration and error correction model. The corporate governance indices used in the study include; Audit committee meeting (ACM), Audit committee qualification (ACQ), Board size (BS), Directors in audit committee (DAC), Ownership structure (OS) and Corporate board members (CBM). The study revealed …