Buildings Maintenance Practice Among the Occupants of Government Science and Technical College Staff Quarters, Mubi-north Local Government Area, Adamawa State

This study attempts to assess the effects of lack of maintenance practice in the neighbourhood of Government Science and Technical College, Mubi by identifying and examining the building components, effects of abandoned buildings in the school and maintenance practice carried out in the neighbourhood by the occupants. The study embarked on both physical observation and questionnaire survey for data collection. The building comprises of twenty nine (29) senior quarters and twenty (20) boy’s quarters out of which Six (6) senior quarters, and five (5) boy’s quarters are out of use. A two-section questionnaire was design as an instrument for data collection based on maintenance practice in the quarters and effects of abandoned building quarters; The questionnaires was distributed to each occupants of the quarters and a total of eighteen (18) were retrieved representing 75% of the total respondents. Data collected for section A were analyzed to obtain the Relative Importance Index (RII) and Cronbach’s Alpha score was used for the interpretation, while the data for section B were analyzed using simple percentage. The questionnaire survey was complemented by physical observation to obtain data for discussion. The findings revealed that: the examined building components are on the verge of nonfunctionality, 61% need to be replaced or rehabilitated, the abandoned buildings, could turn out to crime hotspots or breeding grounds for dangerous animals, 2 nd or 3 rd ranking on RII respectively. On a general note, the study confirms, the involvement of occupants and School Management in the maintenance of quarter was recommended.