I remember when I was a kid I loved to visit Ikoyi and Victoria Islands, the houses were grand and a beauty to behold. Over the years a lot of the houses are looking rather older than they actually are. Reason? A lack of proper maintenance. Now everyone is talking about Lekki, and I can assure you in 10 years time, it will no longer be the talk of town. Many of the houses will have been defaced by dust, if not worse.
Nigerians lack a maintenence culture. We drive our cars until they break down, we live in houses until they become a hazard to live in, and we use our roads till they break up. Even in factories, I have heard of parts used till they cease up, causing an entire production line to come to a grinding halt.
We need to change our perspective about our maintenance culture. The more regularly we maintain what we have, the longer we will be able to get some long life usage out of it. I believe there are big opportunities for maintenence companies to spring up and sell their services, especially property maintenence companies. Let us take care of what we have been blessed with and adopt a proper maintenence culture.
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