Evaluation of Maintenance Condition of Buildings of Public Universities in Kebbi State, Nigeria

Abstract

The maintenance of office buildings is critical to the effective functioning of universities. Yet, many public institutions in Nigeria struggle with deteriorating facilities due to inadequate maintenance management practices. This case is not different from that of public universities in Kebbi State, Nigeria. This study assesses the maintenance condition of office buildings in public universities buildings in Kebbi State with a view to determining the current operational condition of their buildings. A condition survey approach was adopted as method of data collection for the study. A physical inspection of both academic and administrative staff offices of the selected public universities was conducted. Data collected was analyzed using Building Condition Index (BCI). The result revealed that the current condition of the administrative building in university of Agriculture Zuru and Kebbi State University were better than that of the academic Staff blocks of offices with administrative blocks condition status being good with BCI of 0.75 and 0.79 while that of academic staff were fair with BCI of 0.57 and 0.70. In Federal University Birnin-Kebbi, both academic staff offices and administrative staff offices have equal condition of fair with BCI of 0.53 and 0.70. The study concluded that the condition of public university offices in Kebbi State were fair. It was recommended that preventive maintenance method should be adopted for public universities in Kebbi State.