Plant Management in Tertiary Education in Nigeria

Abstract

This paper discussed plant management in tertiary institutions in Nigeria. The paper looked at the factors militating against effective plant management. The study depends on secondary data that were sorted from print and online publications. The paper concluded that poor funding, poor maintenance culture, ineffective supervision of plants, poor sensitization on the need to handle plants with care, poor implementation of plant policy, negative attitude of tertiary institutions managers towards plant management and corruption are some of the factors that have militated against effective plant management in the Nigerian tertiary institutions. Based on these findings, the paper hereby recommends that tertiary institutions managers should allocate more funds to the department responsible for plant management, A sensitization programme should be done every semester for students, staff and host community on the need to handle plants with care and to keep them in proper condition after used, full implementation of plant damage policy should be done in all tertiary institutions, regulatory institutions of tertiary institutions in Nigeria should annually organize training for managers of tertiary institutions on need to plant management and funds allocated for plant management in the various tertiary institutions should be monitored by the various anticorruption units in the tertiary institutions across the country.