IMPROVING MAINTENANCE CULTURE AND QUALITY OF PUBLIC PROPERTIES IN NIGERIA

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IMPROVING MAINTENANCE CULTURE AND QUALITY OF PUBLIC PROPERTIES IN NIGERIA

CHAPITRE ONE

INTRODUCTION

1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

Maintenance is defined by the Advanced Learners Dictionary as the process of protecting or preserving someone or something, or the process of keeping something in excellent shape. Culture, on the other hand, is a way of life, a lifestyle, conventions, traditions, and habits that reflect a person’s or people’s characteristics.

Maintenance culture is badly absent in Nigeria, whether at home, the business, school, or the factory. According to Mbamali (2003), inadequate Maintenance Culture has become a well recognised concern in Nigeria, negatively affecting the quality of public facilities.

Public property is a subset of state property that is allocated to public usage. The phrase can be used to indicate either the usage of the property or the nature of its ownership (owned collectively by the population of a state).

This is in contrast to private property, which is owned by an individual or artificial entities that represent people’s financial interests, such as businesses. State ownership, also known as public ownership, government ownership, or state property, is the ownership of property interests by the state rather than a person or community (Wikipedia, 2015).

Nigeria has one of the lowest maintenance cultures in the world, particularly in our big towns and cities, where the majority of public properties are located. The story is distinct and more enjoyable to hear in rural places. Almost every town and private residence has the historic practise of collective cleansing of community-owned sites such as market playgrounds.

It is also traditional to renovate building interiors with cow dung or natural red clay combinations. The ultimate result is appealing and entirely indigenous. According to Wahab (1995), the nation places a low value on property management, resulting in the neglect of public properties.

According to Mbamali (2003), we lack a maintenance policy and so no such culture exists. Neglect of maintenance has resulted in a rapid increase in the deterioration of a building’s fabric and finishes, as well as a damaging influence on the contents and occupants. (1987, Seeley). Almost every public building in Nigeria has an insufficient maintenance culture.

According to Rotimi and Mtallib (1995), this is attributable in part to a bad maintenance culture on the one hand, and in part to the lack of a suitable benchmark on the other. According to Gurjit (1990), a lack of effective maintenance culture causes the life of these public buildings to be cut short before they reach absolute obsolescence.

The decline in Nigerian maintenance culture and its impact on public buildings and other facilities has become a major issue for the government at all levels. This study investigates methods for enhancing maintenance culture and its impact on the quality of public properties.

The overall worth of a nation’s public properties and structures reflects a large amount of its wealth; it is also an important factor in the production of the building to be preserved.

A poorly maintained building in a deteriorating setting reduces the quality of life and, in some cases, contributes to antisocial activity, endangering the socio-political environment in which it is located.

According to Stephen (2002), public property services are rarely as effective as desired. Many researchers have observed that the generators of maintenance problems could be looked upon as having caused during the design stage or construction stage or initiated during the usage stage or the user’s carefree attitudes (Bad maintenance culture), which will eventually deteriorate the condition of the property.

He went on to say that all of this could be planned for at the design phase. Though maintenance issues do arise during building use, their origins may be traced back to the design stage. As a result, Dekker (2002) asserted that maintenance planning should begin at the design phase.

According to Speight (2000), the maintenance load can be positively or negatively modified during the design stage. Where the designer fails to make appropriate thought for minimising maintenance problems,

it always turns out to be a major problem when the building is eventually occupied for use, the consideration for effective maintenance as one of the building design factors.

According to Seeley (1997), excellent maintenance begins on the drawing board, therefore a skilled design can reduce the amount of maintenance work while simultaneously making it easier to complete.

1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

Oladimeji (1996) defined public property maintenance as “any continuous actions carried out to keep a property in or restore it to an acceptable condition.” According to Onwuka (1989),

maintenance culture is concerned with the planning and control of construction resources to ensure that necessary repairs and renewals are carried out with maximum efficiency and economy to improve the property’s quality. The researcher, on the other hand, is looking into measures to improve the maintenance culture and quality of public properties in Nigeria.

1.3 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY

The following are the study’s objectives:

1. To look into measures to improve Nigeria’s maintenance culture.

2. To identify methods for improving the quality of public properties through an enhanced maintenance culture.

3. To identify the elements influencing Nigeria’s maintenance culture.

1.4   RESEARCH QUESTIONS

2. How may Nigeria’s maintenance culture be improved?

3. What are the methods for improving the condition of public properties through a better maintenance culture?

4. What are the variables influencing Nigeria’s maintenance culture?

1.6 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY

The following are the study’s implications:

1. The study’s findings will educate the government and policymakers, building stakeholders, and the general public on the importance of strengthening maintenance culture in order to improve the quality of public property.

2. This research will also serve as a resource base for other academics and researchers interested in conducting additional research in this sector in the future, and if utilised will go so far as to provide new explanations for the topic.

1.7 SCOPE AND LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY

This research on improving maintenance culture and the quality of public properties in Nigeria will examine at Nigerians’ attitudes on adequate care of public properties, as well as measures to enhance maintenance culture in order to improve the quality of public properties.

STUDY LIMITATIONS

Financial constraint- A lack of funds tends to restrict the researcher’s efficiency in locating relevant materials, literature, or information, as well as in the data collection procedure (internet, questionnaire, and interview).

Time constraint- The researcher will conduct this investigation alongside other academic activities. As a result, the amount of time spent on research will be reduced.

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