1.0 INTRODUCTION
1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Capital budgeting can be explained in the context of a firm’s decision to invest its current funds in long term activities in anticipation of an expected flow of future benefits over a number of years. However, the investment decisions could be in the form of acquisition of additional fixed assets, replacements and modifications of activities or expansion of a plant. Therefore, the financial manager should give due consideration to the following factors when capital budgeting decisions are involved: