A Research Report Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for
Award of the Degree of Master of Science in Accounting and Finance of Mzumbe
The primary objective of this study was to assess the effect of audit committeeefficiency on corporate governance performance in the public sector: the case studybeing the government ministries in Tanzania 18 ministries were assessed through CAGreports of 2008 to 2012 all the finding were obtained from secondary sources such asCAG reports NAO report and other reports related to the topic under the study
The findings of this study have revealed some significant relationship between auditcommittee efficiency and corporate governance performance.
As one of the component of corporate governance, audit committees have an importantrole to play in promoting the corporate governance process. This is due to the fact thataudit committees have been entrusted with the task of overseeing other activities e.gaccounting, auditing, procurement e.t.c. This study evaluated the effect of auditcommittee efficiency on corporate governance performance; it was established that auditcommittee efficiency has a positive effect on corporate governance performance whichconcurs with the theoretical propositions and empirical findings from other studies.