15Jun 2020 by MKO Balogun No Comments

IFMA Nigeria Celebrates the Environment at 2020 World FM Day

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The COVID–19 Pandemic and its attendant consequences couldn’t stop the International Facility Management Association, Nigeria chapter from celebrating this year’s World Facility Management Day. The Association rolled out the drums to celebrate the Day with the theme “Celebrating Our Environment.” Virtually. While welcoming participants to this exceptional event, the President of the Association, Mrs Abimbola Olusegun-Adamolekun said, Facility Management practitioners play significant roles in operating and maintaining environments where our people work and live. She noted that this is a huge responsibility that they proudly do every day. According to the President, “this special day enables us to reflect on our achievements of the profession. It is expected that the 2020 edition of the celebration will enable professionals to coordinate the workplace, people and technology especially at this time of COVID-19 pandemic so that…
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15Jun 2020 by MKO Balogun No Comments

WORLD FACILITY MANAGEMENT DAY: COVID-19 HAS POSITIVELY IMPACTED THE ENVIRONMENT- DR. MKO BALOGUN

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The COVID – 19 Pandemic and its attendant consequences couldn’t stop the International Facility Management Association, Nigeria chapter from celebrating this year’s World Facility Management Day. The Association rolled out the drums to celebrate the Day with the theme “Celebrating Our Environment.” Virtually. While welcoming participants to the this exceptional event, the President of the Association, Mrs. Abimbola Olusegun-Adamolekun said, Facility Management practitioners play significant roles in operating and maintaining environments where our people work and live. She noted that this is a huge responsibility that they proudly do every day. According to the President, “this special day enables us to reflect on our achievements of the profession. It is expected that the 2020 edition of the celebration will enable professionals to coordinate the workplace, people and technology especially at…
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15Jun 2020 by MKO Balogun No Comments

IFMA Nigeria celebrates the Environment at 2020 World FM Day

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The COVID – 19 Pandemic and its attendant consequences couldn’t stop the International Facility Management Association, Nigeria chapter from celebrating this year’s World Facility Management Day. The Association rolled out the drums to celebrate the Day with the theme “Celebrating Our Environment.” Virtually. While welcoming participants to the this exceptional event, the President of the Association, Mrs. Abimbola Olusegun-Adamolekun said, Facility Management practitioners play significant roles in operating and maintaining  environments where our people work and live. She noted that this is a huge responsibility that they proudly do every day. According to the President, “this special day enables us to reflect on our achievements of the profession. It is expected that the 2020 edition of the celebration will enable professionals to coordinate the workplace, people and technology especially at this time of COVID-19 pandemic so…
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15Jun 2020 by MKO Balogun No Comments

COVID-19 has positively impacted the environment —MKO Balogun, FM expert

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As IFMA Nigeria celebrates the environment at 2020 World FM Day The COVID – 19 Pandemic and its attendant consequences couldn’t stop the International Facility Management Association IFMAN, Nigeria chapter from celebrating this year’s World Facility Management Day, as the Association rolled out the drums to celebrate the Day with the theme “Celebrating Our Environment” by virtual meeting. The Guest Speaker, Dr. MKO Balogun, Group Chief Executive Officer of Global Property & Facilities International Ltd, noted that, facility management is a US$1.15 trillion global industry, with over 65,000 professional and industry participants across the world. According to him, “Facility Management has successfully integrated people, place and process within the built environment with the purpose of improving the quality of life of people and the productivity of the core business”.READ ALSO:COVID-19…
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01Dec 2017 by MKO Balogun No Comments
FM SERVICES PROCUREMENT – BEST PRACTICE

FM SERVICES PROCUREMENT – BEST PRACTICE

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Facilities Management has become a strategic part of any business, just like HR and IT has become in recent times, organisations view of the role of FM is changing, from an operational, back-office team to a strategic function that will contribute to the achievement of organisation’s objectives. The following are some of the reasons for the change in perception of FM role in business:   Provision of best place to work, live and play for employees that allow them deliver on their mandate,   Role of FM in creating a functional, safe, efficient, secured work environment on employee retention   Role of FM in creating an image of a functional safe, efficient, secured, compliant work, live and play environment on the image and reputation of the organisation   Effect of…
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31Jul 2017 by MKO Balogun No Comments

I was on a plane when hacker posted ‘stranded and need money’ on my Facebook

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Best memory of a trip I had once planned a trip to Dubai and made my hotel booking, only to confirm from the hotel that I cannot check-in [caption id="" align="alignright" width="247"] MKO Balogun[/caption] until 2 pm local time and my flight, Emirates, will arrive Dubai at 7 am local time. What will I do? I decided to check and book another hotel so I can sleep ahead of my check-in at 2 pm. Because I didn’t check properly, I didn’t realise that the hotel, Hatta Fort Hotel, is a 100km drive from Dubai on the border of Oman. I got to Dubai, called a taxi and we commenced the long drive. However, it turned out to be one of the best places I have stayed. So I ended staying for…
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24Jul 2017 by MKO Balogun No Comments
HIDDEN TREASURES IN THE NIGERIAN REAL ESTATE SECTOR

HIDDEN TREASURES IN THE NIGERIAN REAL ESTATE SECTOR

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LBS ALUMNI PRSENTATION   Thursday, October 29, 2015   BY   Dr. MKO Balogun   TOPICS INTRODUCTIONS REAL ESTATE INVESMENT OPTIONS TRENDS IN THE INDUSTRY HIDDEN TREASURES Q & A       INTRODUCTION One of the major economic drivers of Nigeria, which is currently undervalued, is Real Estate. Real Estate (RE). RE can be viewed from the point of various types of investors, developer, and corporation Nigeria in recent past has seen tremendous growth in Commercial, Retail & Residential development, the question is Have we derived value from this growth as a nation? or as investors? Are we producing the right mix of RE stock for the market? How are the investment companies and users seeing RE development and value?   In the past, Real Estate value has not…
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