Abstract:
This study, evaluation of budgeting implementation of selected public projects focused on Ondo
State in Nigeria where three ministries were selected namely ministry of Works, the ministry of
Finance and ministry of Economic Planning and Budget. A total number of 210 questionnaires
was distributed of which only 187 out of the questionnaire was retrieved and used for the research
work. During the research process, the researcher collected data from two sources the primary and
the secondary source of data. Questionnaire was administered to the relevant and experience staff
within various department in the selected ministries using purposive method of sampling while
secondary data were gotten from textbook, journals, publications and manual. The Research work
made use of descriptive analysis and ranking average method while the study showed that the type
of budgeting technique used in Ondo State is the incremental budgeting technique and is
moderately effective and strictly adhere to, while Pearson correlation was used to test for the
hypothesis formulated and results showed that there is a correlation of 0.625 between budgeting
implementation and public project success in Ondo State which made the researcher to reject the
Null hypothesis formulated and concluded that there is a significant relationship between budget
implementation and public project success in Ondo state. On the basis of the above finding, the
researcher recommended that government should ensure regular and timely release of funds so
that delay in capital projects will be reduced. Close monitoring of budget execution should be
enshrined in work ethics of Ondo state so as to strengthen other measures in mitigating public
corruption. Corruption and mismanagement should be minimized through stringent penalties for
offenders. The key officers such as budget officers should be trained periodically. This will enable
them to acquire experience and knowledge needed for effective performance in their field.
