• BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

Each person like every business requires some measures of both financial position and financial performance in assessing his financial conditions. The financial positionascdepictsrtain one’spoint wealin financial performance describes once.

Financial statements according to Illoumezie (2006:33) are like compasses “which navigators use to l People use them to gauge their financial positions at various points in their lives in order to judge their progress towards their financial goals.

Financial statements according to meigs and meigs (1981:28) refers to reports which summarize the financial position and operating results of a business (balance sheet and income statements). It referred to as genera purpose that satisfy the need of many groups generally called stakeholders. These groups are particularly concerned with the risk inherent in and returns provided by their investments, and who require accounting information to enable their assess the ability whether they should buy, hold and sell their investments.

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