COMPUTERIZED ACCOUNTING SYSTEM AND INTERNAL CONTROL IN ZENITH BANK, KANO AND JIGAWA BRANCH

The study aimed at examining Computerized Accounting System and Internal Control in Zenith Bank, Kano and Jigawa Branch. It employed survey research design, where data were collected through primary sources using questionnaire, samples tables and percentage was used in analyzing the data collected. Following are the findings. In the bank the quality service delivery completely depends on high speed, accuracy, reliability, timely reporting information and security of the service in the bank. The bank adoption of computerized accounting system does not only solve the problem of inability to detect and prevent fraud, it also assists the bank in having less time consumption, accuracy, data redundancy and inconsistency. Adoption of computer accounting system plays a critical role for enhancing internal control system in the bank. The bank has well-trained computer operators/analysts, damage of hardware/software through viruses’ attack is not very common in the bank Even though computerized accounting is used in the organization, there is need to improve the efficiency of the system as there is growing demand of the bank services by many customers. The bank should try to improve on the use computer at all level of transactions as it reliability in the internal control The bank should take the following measures so as to increase the efficiency of the system.