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Disclosure Quality on Audit Fees of Companies in Agricultural Sector of Nigeria

Saibo, Clifford Okpoboloukemi, Perelayefa, George Owota Ph.D

Abstract

This study examined the effect of disclosure quality on audit fees of agricultural companies listed on the Nigerian Exchange Group during the period 2019–2025. Specifically, the study investigated the effect of governance disclosure and environmental disclosure on audit fees. The study adopted a quantitative research design, specifically an ex post facto research design. The population and sample size comprised five (5) agricultural companies listed on the NGX, A census sampling technique was employed, while secondary data were obtained from the published annual reports and financial statements of the sampled companies. The data were analysed using descriptive statistics and panel least squares regression with cross-sectional fixed effects. The findings revealed that governance disclosure had a positive and statistically significant effect on audit fees. Similarly, environmental disclosure had a negative and statistically significant effect on audit fees. The study concluded that disclosure quality significantly influenced audit fees, although the direction of the effect differed across disclosure dimensions. It recommended that agricultural companies should strengthen governance disclosure practices and sustain comprehensive, accurate and verifiable environmental reporting to promote transparency, accountability and efficient auditing.

Keywords

Disclosure QualityEnvironmental DisclosureAudit Fees

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