AN ANALYSIS OF MAINTENANCE FUNDING IN NIGERIAN FEDERAL UNIVERSITIES

Abstract

The research examined and appraised the allocations relating to maintenance management of buildings in Nigerian Universities. It was aimed at generating and collecting data relating to maintenance needs, and funds available for the maintenance of Universities in Nigeria, thereby determining the appropriateness of the funding arrangement. The. data used for the research work were collected from the Federal Universities in the six geopolitical zones in Nigeria. These data were collected by the use of 240 well structured questionnaires to university senior and experienced maintenance officers in the physical planning unit, in addition to critical examination of relevant documents from the maintenance department of the National Universities Commission, (NUC). Paired t-test, simple regression and multiple regression analyses were carried out using Microsoft excel and Minitab software packages. From the results it was found that inadequate funds relating to maintenance needs are drastically affecting the system of maintenance. It is recommended that allocations and appropriate utilization of maintenance funds to the Universities should be aggressively reviewed.