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Accounting Information And Commercial Bank Lending Decision In Nigeria: An Empirical Analysis Of Selected Banks In Port Harcourt, Chukwumah Lawyer Obara Dr

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Accounting information on lending decisions has become an issue of major economic significa nce in recent years. This has led to rcsurgence of interest in analyzing the phenomenon and diverse forms that accounting information assume in the influencing lending proposal and credit management in banks. In this study, an empirical analysis of the role of accounting information on commercial banks lending was undertaken. It was revealed that accounting information is indispe nsable in commercial banks lend ing decision and the there is need for the Nigerian Accounting Standard Board (NASD) to distinguish between the different categories of business uni ts …