A Maintenance Management Model for The Sustainability of Road Projects in Nigeria- A Project Management Literature Review

Abstract

Nigeria Federal Highways have continued to constitute a major gateway for interstate and intra-state movement of people, goods and services. Unfortunately, the deplorable condition of the highways has become a major source of concern to all of its users. The poor state of the federal highways has been attributed to the poor maintenance of the road networks whether new or old. The direct effect of this, includes an elongation of transportation time, increase in transportation cost, wanton loss of human lives owing to road accidents, destruction of vehicles, amongst several others. The whole situation adversely affects Nigeria’s economic growth, social and environmental conditions. Thus, this study is an ongoing supervised research in part fulfilment of the requirements of a postgraduate degree in Project Management. The study specifically aims at identifying the maintenance culture of the Federal Emergency Road Maintenance Agency (FERMA) projects, examining the effectiveness of existing maintenance policies of Federal highways in Nigeria, identifying the challenges to effective road maintenance in Nigeria, and the development of an efficient maintenance management model for sustainable performance of Nigeria Federal highways. A mixed research methodology is intended to prosecute this study. In this conference, part of the study’s project management literature review involving global and national case studies would be presented. It is proposed that study’s research findings would be analysed using of Percentages, Frequencies, and Mean Index Scores (MIS) to determine the degree importance or correlation of the selected factors to achieving the specific research objectives and consequent development of an efficient maintenance management model for sustainable performance of Federal highways in Nigeria. It is hoped that the conclusion made and policy recommendations advanced from this study would reflect research outcomes that expectedly ligns with the top factors influencing a sustainable maintenance of the Federal Highways in Nigeria