Abstract: This research is aimed at evaluating the maintenance management of physical facilities in tertiary institutions of learning in Niger State. The study adopted the descriptive survey research design. The population for this study covered the selected 93 building structures in the three institutions (Federal University of Technology, Minna, Fedral Polytechnic, Bida and Federal College of Education Kontagora) 9,331 students and the 3586 staff who have adequate knowledge and experience of both maintenance management and condition of buildings in the selected institution and this give a total of 12,917 populations. A sample of 392 participants was used for this study. The data generated for this study was analyzed with appropriate statistical techniques. The techniques included frequency, percentages and mean score. All analysis was done using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 20. It is observed from the study that lack of building maintenance and management decision play an important role in the physical condition of buildings which in turn affected staff productivity and students’ academic achievements. It can also be concluded from the study that building maintenance is an area of study that has been a neglected sector of the construction industry universally and for this reason, the performance of tertiary educational buildings in terms of their maintenance and management are far below best practices. The study recommended a proactive approach to maintenance should be adopted, the reactive approach is not suitable especially as human lives are involved. Maintenance department should provide models and other approaches or framework of effective implementation of building maintenance process. There is need to post maintenance staff to students’ hostel blocks, classroom blocks, Faculty buildings; library complex, theater complex and offices who will closely monitoring the conditions of buildings.
Keywords: Physical Facilities, Maintenance Management, Tertiary Institution of Learning.
Title: MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT OF PHYSICAL FACILITIES IN TERTIARY INSTITUTION OF LEARNING IN NIGER STATE
Author: SHEHU Adamu Abdullahi, EZENWEGBU Nchedochukwu Chinwendu, KABIRU Mohammed Madami, ALFA Mohammed Yanda
International Journal of Management and Commerce Innovations
ISSN 2348-7585 (Online)
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