PLANNED MAINTENANCE POLICY FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PUBLIC ROAD TRANSPORT SYSTEM

Agabi Iorhemen Julius and Iwar Moses Chigba

Department of Agric. Engineering

Akperan Orshi College of Agriculture, Yandev,Benue State

Email:anemagabi@gmail.com

ABSTRACT

The goal of planned vehicle maintenance is to retain or restore its output reliability.  However, the scope of planned maintenance for road transport system goes beyond that limit.  It covers management’s scheduled activities, supervisors, technicians and mechanics, drivers and motor vehicles.  These parameters, each bears a proof of good or poor management.  In this study, emphasis was on motor vehicles.  So data were collected from the records of Benue Links (Nig.) Ltd, on vehicles they acquired between year 2000 and 2009 and are working optimally and marginally.  The data analyzed, using t-test for independent samples showed that the calculated t- value was greater than the critical t- value, at the same probability level.  Therefore, the alternative hypothesis that stated, ‘there are motor vehicles of five operating years and above functioning optimally in the public transport systems,’ was rejected.  This explained that management does not plan its maintenance programs to run the sector.  It is suggested that a maintenance policy law be enacted to guide and direct management’s activities for sustainable development of the sector.