Connect with us

Headlines

Expert tasks public facilities managers with effective maintenance

Published

on

Expert tasks public facilities managers with effective maintenance

A building expert and estate surveyor, Mr Dapo Atere, has urged managers of public facilities and infrastructure to be proactive to retain the good qualities of the facilities.

Atere stated this while speaking at the 6th Annual Lecture of the Directorate of Physical Planning, Federal Polytechnic, Ile-Oluji, Ondo State on Thursday.

The lecture is titled “The imperative of faculty management as a panacea to sustainable infrastructure in public institutions in Nigeria”.

Atere said the call was imperative following the deplorable state of most public infrastructures in the country.

He said that the development and implementation of a facility maintenance plan needed a consistent approach as against “a fire brigade approach.”

Read Also: COVID -19 vaccine can’t alter human DNA – Expert

According to him, the role of a facility manager is to understand the organisation’s needs and expectations of the facility and match these to the most appropriate design solutions, using external consultants as appropriate.

He noted that the involvement of the manager at the design and planning stage, keeping of necessary data bank, management of operating costs, and monitoring of performances were effective strategies for optimum and sustainable facility maintenance in public institutions like Federal Polytechnic, Ile-Oluji.

“Facilities management is based on data acquisition, storage, retrieval and interpretations.

“There should be a provision of service and operating manuals for the installed equipment like borders, air-handling plant, lifts and so on as it is essential to the continuing smooth operation of the facilities.

“Data on the constructed public buildings should be centralised into a single master reference document held under strict control by the facilities manager,” he said.

Also, the Director of Physical Planning, Federal Polytechnic, Ile-Oluji, Mr Oyetunde Oyelola, said that as part of the institution’s long-term vision, the directorate would develop smart buildings capable of harnessing future technologies without distorting their functionality and aesthetics.

Oyetola said the choice of Atere as a resource person was based on his pedigree as an astute estate surveyor and ethically grounded professional in facility management.

Dignitaries at the lecture included the Rector of the Polytechnic, Prof. Adedayo Fasakin, and other principal officers among others.

Expert tasks public facilities managers with effective maintenance
Continue Reading
Click to comment

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Headlines

Commission, journalists partner to revamp water sector in Kaduna

Published

on

The Kaduna State Water Services Regulatory Commission (KADWREC) says it is partnering media practitioners towards revamping water services in the state.

Mr Dogara Bashir, the Executive Chairman of KADWREC, disclosed this on Monday at a one-day workshop organised for media practitioners on regulation of ‘Water, Sanitation and Hygiene’ (WASH) activities held in Kaduna.

Bashir said the commission was aware of the importance of the role media practitioners played in the society.

He stated that the workshop was to provide an avenue to liaise with them as important stakeholders on water supply and sanitation services in the state.

Bashir said: “As media practitioners, we believe you are a gateway to the citizens so, the workshop would acquaint you with some of the regulations already in place so that you can in turn transmit it to the public

“The state of water services in Kaduna State is in dire need of attention and the State Water Corporation and KADWREC were established towards addressing the seeming challenges.

“The commission is mandated to ensure better service delivery and regulation of water and sanitation services in the State.

“The idea is that once the regulations are developed, we send them to the State Ministry of Justice to gazette and then we get the state government to endorse and give the go ahead to commence the implementation of the regulations

“We intend to implement them fully come January, 2025 God willing, as we have embarked on advocacy activities having gone to zones 1 and 2 where we talked to traditional rulers, security agencies and the Judiciary.”

He disclosed that a special Court has already been attached to the commission by the Chief Judge of the State for service providers who may likely violate regulations.

The chairman further said that amongst the commission’s objectives include ensuring security, reliability and quality of service in the production and delivery of water to the consumers as well making regulations to control the sinking of boreholes.

Others included; maximising access to water services by promoting and facilitating consumer connections to distribution systems in urban and rural areas.

According to Bashir, they also include ensuring that regulatory decision-making has regards to all the relevant health, safety, environmental and social legislation applying to the water sector.

Bashir further said that the commission collaborate with the relevant state and federal agencies on water policies.

Continue Reading

Crime

2 ladies docked for allegedly obtaining money by fraud

Published

on

The police in Lagos have dragged two women, Mmesuma Ofunna, and Blessing Adimekwe, before an Ojo Magistrates’ Court in Lagos, over alleged obtaining money by false pretence.

Ofunna, 22, and Adimekwe, 25, were arraigned before the Magistrate, Mr L K J Layeni, on a four-count charge bordering on conspiracy, obtaining by false pretence, stealing and conduct likely to breach peace.

They each, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge.

The prosecutor, ASP Simon Uche, told the court that the defendants conspired with others now at large, to commit the offence on Oct. 26 at the Okokomaiko area of Ojo.

He alleged that they had obtained the sum of N70, 000 from one Faith Ahamefule, with a promise not to post her nude photo on social media.

The prosecutor alleged that the defendants later posted the nude photo of the nominal complainant on social media, knowing that their promise was false.

He alleged that they stole the N70, 0000, thereby conducting themselves in a manner likely to breach public peace.

The offence contravenes the provisions of sections 168(d), 287, 314, and 411 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State 2015.

The court granted the defendants bails in the sum of N500, 000 each, with two sureties each in like sum.

He adjourned the case until Jan. 8, 2025 for mention.

Continue Reading

Headlines

Driver jailed 6 months for attempting to steal a car

Published

on

A Jos Magistrates’ Court on Monday, sentenced a 37-year-old driver, Ahmad Umar to six months in imprisonment for attempting to steal a car.

The Magistrate, Shawomi Bokkos, summarily tried and sentenced the convict after he pleaded guilty to the charge.

Bokkos in his judgment, ordered the convict to pay an option of N30, 000 fine or spend six months in prison.

Earlier, the Prosecutor, Insp Ibrahim Gokwat, told the court that the case was reported on Oct. 10, at the Area Command Police station through a distress call by one Sydney Peacemorie the complainant.

Gokwat said the complainant parked his Toyota RAV4 in front of Access Bank and went inside to carry out some transactions, only to return to find the convict inside his car.

“The convict unlawfully opened the car and was in the driver’s seat when the complainant raised alarm and he was apprehended, but his accomplice escaped.

“The convict was severely beaten by a mob but was rescued by the police,” said Gokwat.

“The prosecutor said that the offence contravened the Plateau Penal Code Law.

Continue Reading

You May Like

Copyright © 2024 Acces News Magazine All Right Reserved.

Verified by MonsterInsights