COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF MAINTENANCE STRATEGIES OF STUDENTS HOSTEL IN EYE CENTER AND EAR CARE CENTER
ABSTRACT
The Federal Ministry of Education issued a decree in 2004 directing federally owned higher institutions to delegate hostel administration. As a result of the mandate, Nigerian higher institutions currently have both institutional and non-institutional dormitories serving them.
This has significant consequences for the nature of hostel management and maintenance in Nigeria. This article evaluated maintenance management systems used in the upkeep of hostel structures in Nigeria and developed guidelines for hostel maintenance using field data acquired from the Federal Polytechnic Oko as a case study.
To fulfill the study’s goal, standardized questionnaires were used to collect opinions from hostellers, school administration, maintenance heads, and private developers. The collected data were quantitatively analyzed, and the results revealed the following maintenance issues:
non-availability of funds, indiscipline and lack of functional operational framework and regulatory body, climatic conditions, lack of good maintenance culture, lack of skilled maintenance personnel, use of foreign building materials, and unethical behavior as some of the key factors responsible for poor maintenance work and management.
Effective solutions such as a prescribed guide overseen by a body of specialists to enforce maintenance in hostels to avoid complacency, the adoption of a stringent maintenance manual, and the deployment of a computerized management system that will ensure appropriate maintenance records were advised.
KEYWORDS: hostel buildings, maintenance management, Nigeria, strategies, and tertiary institutions.
INTRODUCTION
Existing dormitory buildings at most Nigerian higher institutions do not receive adequate maintenance attention, putting their functioning and longevity at risk. The majority of this maintenance problem is concentrated in public or government hostels, where hostel maintenance is treated lightly.
As a result of this, according to studies, over 75 percent of public hostel buildings are in very bad and dreadful structural and decorative condition due to neglect. The majority of these are the result of either a lack of maintenance or poor maintenance management. Ofide et al. (2015) bolstered this point by stating that higher education institutions are under immediate pressure to preserve existing campus building facilities and improve the capacity of their higher education system to meet the growing demands of an increasing influx of students and academic activities.
There is little doubt that outdated and unhealthy buildings in a deteriorating environment diminish the quality of life and contribute to antisocial behavior to some extent. Higher education institution facilities in Nigeria only receive top management attention when there is a problem.
In developing countries, the problem of maintenance and repair has numerous dimensions, including technological, institutional, and pedagogical aspects (UNCHS, 1996). As a result, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) maintenance and repair campaign in developing nations must be carried out at multiple levels. UNIDO’s direct activity takes the shape of technical support to countries in the field of repair and maintenance through the United Nations Development Programme.
It also serves as a focal point for national and international action by stimulating, informing, and coordinating initiatives. According to Ahmed (2000) and Odediran et al. (2012), the maintenance program in Nigeria has gotten little attention in the past because the emphasis has been on the creation of new properties.
This is also consistent with Kunya et al. (2007)’s observation that there is an apparent lack of maintenance culture in Nigeria, and that the emphasis is placed on the construction of new buildings for the public sector while neglecting the aspect of maintenance that begins the moment the builder leaves the site.
This is also supported by Olagunju (2012), who believes that there is a lack of maintenance infrastructure in Nigeria that can sustain the country’s existing inadequate housing provision. According to Olagunju (2012), the lack of a suitable instrument for predictive maintenance of existing buildings can have a negative impact on future housing construction.
According to Zubairu (2001), the government lacks a maintenance policy, which has resulted in ongoing building maintenance issues. Maintenance work is mostly handled by the maintenance department on a direct labor or contract basis.
According to Kunya et al. 2007, higher-paying jobs are distributed in the form of maintenance contracts to primarily unqualified maintenance contractors. Abiodun (1996) also observed that lucrative building maintenance contracts are issued without due process, contributing to inadequate building upkeep.
Adejimi (2005) ascribed the large number of abandoned and epileptically running infrastructure in Nigeria to poor or non-existent maintenance.
As a result, the focus of this article is on the evaluation of maintenance management systems used in the maintenance of dormitory buildings in Nigeria, with field data acquired from the Federal Polytechnic Oko as a case study.
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