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  3. USER PERCEPTIONS OF GHANA INTEGRATED FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (GIFMIS) ON FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION ON PUBLIC SECTOR ORGANIZATIONS: A CASE STUDY OF DORMA EAST DISTRICT
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VICTOR BADU GYAMFI

USER PERCEPTIONS OF GHANA INTEGRATED FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (GIFMIS) ON FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION ON PUBLIC SECTOR ORGANIZATIONS: A CASE STUDY OF DORMA EAST DISTRICT

The study was designed to find out the perceptions users of GIFMIS hold on financial administration in the public sector organisations in the Dormaa East District. Descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. A population of sixty was targeted the study and census was used to select them. The 60 respondents, comprised Accounting Staff, Budget Officers, Internal Auditors and Human Resource Management Officers. A set of questionnaires was used to gather the primary data. Data analysis was done with both descriptive (frequencies, percentages, means and standard deviations) and inferential (regression) statistical tools. The study revealed, among other things, that users of GIFMIS in the district hold the perceptions that GIFMIS reduces corruption, it is also a challenge to conservative workers, and in addition ensures timely financial reporting. Again, it came out that the implementation of GIFMIS in the public institutions in the district is faced with some challenges including; lack of computers and their accessories, poor networking, and frequent power outages. Also, it was revealed that GIFMIS is beneficial to financial administration in the public institutions in the district. It is recommended, among other things, that authorities in Dormaa East do more in order to realize the full purpose of GIFMIS in the district. Also, the authorities in Dormaa East District should show enough commitment to the implementation of GIFMIS by way of providing enough computers and their accessories, reliable power supply and network to the institutions in the district to work with.