ABSTRACT
This research work was done on
Nigerian maintenance culture an investigation
to Nigerian postal service, NIPOST. Is an autonomous extra- ministerial
organization.
It is cross
dimensional. To be more concise this work is restricted to Enugu territory. NIPOST is unique. The same
coma any where in Nigeria.
This subject has a lot to do with safe guarding, projecting the reliability and
prolonging the life span of NIPOST properties with material, valuable and non-
material valuable instead of abandoning and replacement which may incure high
cost it involves the management of the Nigerian postal service (NIPOST) and
also the federal government. The aim is to find out how to spirit of
maintenance work is maintained in NIPOST.
This write up is based on data
collected and presented for NIPOST tact book oral and other manual. It was
ascertain that maintenance have being a way of
life in NIPOST.
Although not absolute but deficient in
many areas. Every area in relation to the system was critically reviewed.
Anyamele, Adaeze, Georginia.
August,
2004.
TABLE OF CONTENT
Title page :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::.:::::::::::::::::::::::::I
Approval:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::ii
Dedication:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: iii
Abstract::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::iv
Table of
content::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::v-vi
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1
An
over-view::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::1-3
1.2
The Background of the
study:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::3-6
1.3
Statement of
problem:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::6-7
1.4
Purpose of the
study:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::7-8
1.5
Significance of
study:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::8-9
1.6
Significance of terms::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::9-10
CHAPTER TWO
2.1
Literature
Review:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::11
2.2
Component of maintenance
culture:::::::::::::::::::::::11-12
2.3
The need for maintenance
culture:::::::::::::::::::::::::12
2.4
Core Objective of Nigeria maintenance
culture::::::13-16
2.5
A good maintenance
workshop::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::16-17
2.6
Equipment::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::17-20
2.7
Maintenance
option::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::20-21
2.8
Maintenance culture as a role of
life:::::::::::::::::::::::21-23
2.9
Maintenance in
nipost::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::23-27
CHAPTER THREE
3.1
Research
methodology::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::28
3.2
Survey instrument::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::28-29
3.3
Source of
data::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::29-30
3.4
Sample
used:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::30
3.5
Investigation
method::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::30-39
3.6
Statistical treatment of data
3.7
Interview question
3.8
Data analysis
3.9
The administrative capacity
3.10
Recommendation
3.11
Conclusion
CHAPTER
ONE
INTRODUCTIONS
1.0
AN OVER-VIEW
Nigerian postal
service (NIPOST) is one of the parastatals under he ministry of communications
,meanly known as post and telecommunication. (P&T)
The defunction
of (P&T) in the year 1985 brought
NIPOST into existence. This parastateded since its inception in the year 1985.
has its headquarters at Lagos
with Branches all over the state (Territories) this establishment deals mainly
with postal services which includes mail and its components. All efforts to
develop a maintenance culture in our people depend to a large extent on the
life style of the leaders. It is therefore obligatory for our leaders as
individual and government to consistently strive to ensure this culture in all
its ramification.
The federal governments conscious of
the need to hiculcate this issue in Nigerian citizen concerning paying more
attention to maintenance setup a committee in 1979 to look into the various
aspect of maintenance set up a committee
1979 to look into the various aspect of maintenance in the country. To control
the propensity of an average Nigerian to replace instead of repair and
maintained.
A good example of the this sort now is
the petroleum trust fund (PTF) charged with the rehabilitation of all the made
in the country had much to waste. Maintenance is necessary as a way of life of
life other wise we remain a nation without past. Prevention is better than
cure†this philosophy is an old adage which refers to this word maintenance
instead of replacement. The virtues of maintenance are numerous. It minimizes
uncertainties on the performance it increase reliability plan and projection
are made to improved efficiency thereby reduces period of insectivity due to
break down.
Furthermore,
maintenance is defined as a combination of any action carried out to retain on
item in on restore it to an acceptable conditions in other wise maintenance is
a combination of management financial engineering and other practices applied
to physical asset in pursuit of economic life cycle cost. This also include a
reasonable element of worn-out components with up –to – data. However because
of technological developments one could
discover that such replacements.
One could not that such replacement are sometime not exactly as the same as the
original.
The main aim of
maintenance is the prologation of the life of an asset. Since use bring about
deterioration. Assets have life span which when tied to responsible use will in
turn excompass activities that retain the asset ; in good shape one of such
activities is maintenance. Other is culture behaviour towards the asset “people
living in glass house do not throw stone. If one does throw stones near glass
houseâ€
Having mentioned that maintenance is a
combination of management finance, engineering and other application. It is the
responsibility of the management to encompasses maintenance as one of the major
aspect of the annual budget effective and efficient maintenance. Management
require the availability of finance and capable manpower.
1.2 THE BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
there is every need for maintenance
culture. The absence of this culture has created a lot of problem n our socio-
economic life. Maintenance culture is the ability of people which have become
their way of life to constantly maintain in their highest efficiency all they value most in life so that, they could
be of greatest use to them. It involve human being in that your need exercise
regular medical and nourishment.
Material good also require constrain repairs. Culture is not just singing and
dancing. It is the totality of our way of life. The way the collective
responsibility of the people to ensure the survival of the community. We are
therefore duty bound to build and maintain a society and environment which our
descendant would be proud of. Assuming you have a car and do not maintain it
always or regularly, in no time it will fail completely and probably, cost more
to repair it. In other words, maintenance culture has both material
value and non-material because, gain imbibed material there are economic gain
meager resource 40 wasteful for us to use to build and neglect and build again.
Most of the historical building, invention books parks, statue and other
cultural artifacts which we stream to other part of the world because the
ability of their owners to maintain and preserve them over decades for
instance, the Greek temples of Athens the British house of parliament and
Burkingham place to mention but a few.
The main aim of this report is to
examine the existence of maintenance in Nigeria postal service (NIPOST)
.NIPOST need a special work shop on maintenance culture, particularly in view
of the present economic and social situation. This will enable us update
buildings giving them new coatings vehicles pane beaten and sprayed and
maintained and equipments repaired and maintained.
Maintenance will
enable NIPOST to staid and acquire more technology, with proper maintenance
Nipost buildings, vehicles machines both their heavy and the plants will
generally last for years. The virtue of maintenance are numerous. It minimizes
uncertainties in performance both land and production cost which increases
machine reliability. It reduces period of activity due to break. The
responsibly of maintenance is carried out by the work shop.
This workshop has
eight (8) sections:-
1.
Postal and allied Equipment section.
2.
Mental section
3.
Carpentry section.
4.
Auto- Electrical section
5.
Air –condition and Refrigeration
section
6.
Personnel section
7.
Transport section
There
sections are charged with responsibility of maintenance in Nipost. For any type
of maintenance to be carried out, there must be an approval from the area
postal manager. Depending on the nature of the repair. Also depending on the
nature of the repair also the availability of fund where such repairs involve
very heavy sum of money and approval for
the release of fund must come from the post master- general†maintenance
culture†is perhaps the most important bold initiative by the federal
government which Nipost as one of
federal government has inculcate in its execution to ensure that the propensity to replace instead of
repair is drastically reduce mostly as this time of economic recession in
the country.
To
enable Nipost consolidate what it has more priority must be places on
maintenance. It is the same story every where, they is need for
maintenance culture in Nipost. This
culture being the ability of this organization to maintain in their efficiency
all their valuable so as to be in greatest use.
1.2 STATEMENT OF
PROBLEM
In spite of the existence of
maintenance culture in NIPOST. There have been an increase in the rate of
abaudon offices building vehicles and equipment all over.
The objective of maintenance culture
is to ensure consistent repairs for the survival of the organization since
the management cannot afford new grand lose
projects even the wasteful life style of the past. During the era of all
boom, purchases were made any how because the cash backing was more than
available .now, it is no longer so, there are a lot of abodon equipment,
vehicles, uncompleted projects here and there, most of the buildings are noe in
a dilapidated from with leakages all over which could not be maintained.
Conseqnuently, it becomes very imperatille, moreso as NIPOS is hiching to be
commercialized also being a social service oriented, whose operational
efficiency and effectiveness depend on the trust and confidence of the general public.
Maintenance is very vital to avoid break it will also involve a critical study
of the organization of NIPOST, the nature of business ethics a detail study an
investigation to ascertain:
i.
the extent of maintenance
ii.
consistency in the application of maintenance
culture NIPOST.
iii.
to identify and elaborate the extent
of maintenance culture in NIPOST is general .
iv.
to evaluate the strength and weakness
of this measure in this organization .
v.
to find out the level of staff and
corporate awareness of the existence of maintenance culture constitute a continuous corporate culture.
vi.
To identify possible loop hole (if
any) and corrective measure where appropriate.
vii.
To analyse the way and means of
carrying out this culture.
viii.
To analyse the way and means of carrying out
the culture.
ix.
To make recommendation based on the
findings with respect to the need for the existence of culture in Nipost and to
the masses.
1.3 PROPOSE
OF THE STUDY
it has been asserted
from a glance through the introduction that maintenance cultures is a
componanet of every living organsiation, the absence of which will create a lot
of problem in the organizations socio- economic life.
This is the ability of organizatio
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