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| Professor Kabiru Bala |
After
several months of working on the right person for the leadership of the Ahmadu
Bello University, Zaria, professor Kabiru Bala emerged as the new Vice Chancellor.
Since his emergence, concerned stakeholders of the university have continued to
express their feelings and expectations. The Kaduna born professor of building
construction and management is expected to lead the University for the next
five years.
As
he walks through the existing structure and people for the realisation of his
objectives for the university, Infoprations has discovered that he needs
to deploy his knowledge and skills of building construction and management for
the institutionalisation of sustainable facilities management practices in the University.
As
a member of several national and international professional organisations,
which include the Nigerian Institute of Building (NIOB); Society of
Construction Industry Arbitrators (SCIArb) Nigeria; International Facility
Management Association (IFMA) USA; Chartered Association of Building Engineers
(CABE) UK; International Association of Housing Science (IAHS), USA;
Association for Project Management (APM) UK, among others, professor Kabiru needs
to revisit the processes, people and technologies being used for the
maintenance and management of the existing facilities across colleges,
faculties and departments.
Professor
Bala needs to explore his membership of the International Facility Management
Association and the knowledge of local and international facilities management
practices for the right processes, people and technology usage for the
maintenance of critical facilities at the Institution.
This
is imperative because a recent study
shows that Kashim Ibrahim Library needs an efficient Maintenance Management
Plan. A
report has also had it that patients are contributing money to fix broken
facilities at the Institution teaching hospital, ABU Teaching Hospital. The
approaches to the maintenance of hostels
and other facilities such as electrical and mechanical materials also need
to be revisited.
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