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ACCOUNTING STANDARDSIFRS 7 <strong>Financial</strong> Instruments: Disclosures.<strong>The</strong>re is no SAS yet on the issues addressed by the three St<strong>and</strong>ardsabove!(a)(b)In Nigeria, as in any other country, the use <strong>of</strong> financial instrumentsis rapidly exp<strong>and</strong>ing, but, unfortunately, there is no local accountingst<strong>and</strong>ard yet to take care <strong>of</strong> their treatments. <strong>The</strong> use <strong>of</strong> financialinstruments, however, contributes to the risk pr<strong>of</strong>ile <strong>of</strong> an entity.<strong>The</strong> accounting st<strong>and</strong>ards on financial instruments listed abovewere therefore developed to meet the following needs;(i) To assist financial statements users underst<strong>and</strong> thesignificance <strong>of</strong> financial instruments’ to an entity’sfinancial position <strong>and</strong> performance; <strong>and</strong> the nature <strong>and</strong>extent <strong>of</strong> risk arising from financial instruments.(ii) To guide the recognition <strong>and</strong> measurement <strong>of</strong> financialassets <strong>and</strong> financial liabilities.According to the three St<strong>and</strong>ards listed above, financial instrumentrefers to any contract that gives rise to a financial asset for oneentity <strong>and</strong> a financial liability to another entity.<strong>Financial</strong> asset refers to any asset that is:(i) cash;(ii) an equity instrument <strong>of</strong> another entity; <strong>and</strong>(iii) a contractual right:! to receive cash or another financial asset fromanother entity;! to exchange financial asset or financial liabilitieswith another entity; or a contract that will or maybe settled other than by the exchange <strong>of</strong> a fixedamount <strong>of</strong> cash or another financial asset for afixed number <strong>of</strong> the entity’s own equity instruments.For this purpose the entity’s own equity instruments do not includeinstruments that are themselves contracts for the future receiptor delivery <strong>of</strong> the entity’s own equity instruments.(c)<strong>Financial</strong> liability refers to a liability that is:(i) a contractual obligation:! to deliver cash or another financial asset to anotherentity; or! to exchange financial assets or financial liabilitieswith another entity under conditions that arepotentially unfavorable to the entity.(ii) a contract that will or may be settled in the entity’s ownequity instrument <strong>and</strong> is:101

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