INTRODUCTION 
 Every business firm normally will like to know how it performed over a period of times, thus leading to the preparation of profit and loss statement. They also ask about their position at a particular point in time which leads them to prepare balance sheet. Finally, they will like to know where they are heading, which has led to the preparation of budgets. 
 Budget is term used locally by a lay man. Lay man confuse budgeting with planning. A budget is part of a plan. A plan can be expressed in monetary and non-monetary term. Any plan that is qualified in monetary term is a budget. A budget, therefore, can be succulently defined as a statement of intention qualified in monetary term. 
 In budgeting there are types of budget prepared by firms. Such budgets includes capital budgets, cash budgets, sales budget and so on.      
 The process of preparing capital budget is called capital budgeting. Capital budgets are long term budgets made for acquisition and expansion of fixed assets. Capital budgets are prepared by many films today. It was originated in the United States of America (USA). In America it was applied by firms before the second world war. 
 After the second world war many firms saw the need to plan for capital expenditure, hence it is prevalence today. 
    Nigerian breweries limited, Monarch larger beer and other beverages, are not left out in the train of firms which prepare budgets for its capital expenditure. this is, however, not easy as it is fraught with a lot of problems. 
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Title Page  II
Certification  III
Dedication  IV
Preface  VI
Acknowledgement  VII
Table of contents  IX
CHAPTER ONE 
Introduction 
1.1 Problem statement  2
1.2 Hypothesis  6
1.3 Limitations of study  8
1.4 Significance of study  9
1.5 Definition of terms  12 
CHAPTER TWO 
 Literature review 
2.1 Ranking investment proposal  14
2.2 Post auditing of the investment decision  17
2.3 Analysis of capital projects  19
2.4 Capital rationing  35
CHAPTER THREE 
 Research methodology and designation 
3.1 Sources of data   55
CHAPTER FOUR 
 Case study and analysis of data and presentation 
4.1 Profile of Diamond breweries limited  61
4.2 Organisational structure with special –
CHAPTER FIVE 
 Summary of findings, recommendation and conclusion 
5.1 Summary of findings  75
5.2 Recommendations    78
5.3 Conclusion  80
BIBLIOGRAPHY 81
INTERVIEW QUESTIONS 83
 APPENDIX