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Lagos, Nigeria. September 25, 2024. Critical stakeholders in the built environment gathered at a special colloquium organized by the International Facility Management Association (IFMA) Nigeria Chapter in partnership with the Big 5 Construct Nigeria on September 25 2024 at the Landmark Event Centre to discuss safety as an important component in sustainable facility management.
The immensely popular event brought together industry players in the built ecosystem to identify and proffer solutions to issues affecting the industry. At the event, a partner of the event identified safety as a critical component in a sustainable facility management.
Speaking on the need for sustainable facility management, the President of IFMA, Nigeria Chapter, ESV Olalekan Akinwunmi identified sustainable facility management as a core component of the people, environment and the economy at large. Facility management is all about the people, the environment, and the economy. If the environment is not safe, then you cannot carry out any economic activities.
He said IFMA Nigeria has been in existence for over 27 years and we have continued to advocate for a sustainable facility management, especially in buildings. “We have continued to create awareness about the facility management principle from the inception of any building project”.
Speaking at the event, Dr Lanre Omojola, the Director-General, Lagos State Safety Commission (LSSC) identified safety as a major criterion that must be addressed in order to have a sustainable facility management. He harped on the importance and need to identify safety issues and deal with them before they crystalise into disaster that can hamper the facility.
According to him, “The Safety Commission was basically set up to ensure safety for a state that is increasing in population. And we are doing this in a very coordinated, in a very specific and calculated manner by looking at different sectors within the built environment and how can we ensure that people are protected. Because, again, that is the major task of what we do.”
“We save lives by ensuring that there are no accidents that can lead to injuries, accidents that can lead to fatalities or permanent disability. Everything we do at the Commission to keep a state of 24 million people safe is within the four Es of Evaluation of risks, engagement, education and enforcement”, he stated.
In her address, Modupe Odude, MD, Benign Space, speaking on the theme “The Role of Technology in Sustainable Facility Management,” disclosed that technology plays a huge role in sustainable facility management.
She disclosed that right from the inception of a building, stakeholders have been able to leverage technology better when it comes to the facility management space. We can also improve towards taking in real-time data and real-time information from these building information systems. And these are things that we’re seeing within the space. With this software, you can be intrusive and manage issues or challenges within the line, say, the water treatment system or the line.
“And then you have some that will just be more or less like a flag off to let you know or alert you or make you aware that there’s an issue that needs to be attended to. So within the country, there’s been an improved adoption”.
“And I think this is also supported by the fact that we’re having more growth within the environment. We have technology and policies that have gradually supported that space towards leveraging technology better when it comes to the facility management space,” she disclosed.
Other speakers at the event include Ms Iyabode Aboaba, COO, Freedom Park; Managing Partner, Jagun Associates, ESV Stephen Ola Jagun; and Mr Segun Adebayo, Immediate Past President, IFMA Nigeria Chapter.
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About IFMA Nigeria Chapter
IFMA Nigeria is an affiliate of IFMA Worldwide where membership is open to people actively engaged in the application practice, teaching, and researching of facilities management principles and techniques for the built environment.
The Association is involved in training, lectures, facility tours, interactive seminars, education, and research. All these are aimed at equipping relevant officers with current skills, knowledge and
increasing effective practice of facility management in both the private and public sectors.
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