[01] Julius Oluranti Owoeye, Department of Urban & Regional Planning, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria. [02] Reagan Olabode Olasemojo, Department of Urban & Regional Planning, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria.

It has been argued from time immemorial that if the drive for sustainable infrastructure in any society is to be achieved, its maintenance management needs to be optimized. Dishearteningly, the institutions of government at every level responsible for infrastructure maintenance in Nigeria had been constrained by the nation’s dwindling economic fortune in carrying out their statutory mandate with the spill-over effect on residents to make infrastructural facilities in their domain functional. Thus, the focus of this study was to investigate the contribution of the socio-economic standing of residents of Akure Municipality to infrastructure maintenance. With respect to this survey, 425 questionnaires amounting to 1% of the research population were administered using systematic probability sampling technique and retrieved from residents living in this area. These retrieved questionnaires were analyzed using appropriate statistical test. Findings revealed that residents of Akure core were people of low educational setting and poor income standing. It was further discovered empirically that the socio-economic variables of residents put together; which include sex, age, marital status, education, occupation and income, could only contribute 14.8% to issues of infrastructure maintenance in this locale. The study concludes by recommending poverty alleviation program, involvement of non-profit oriented organizations in infrastructure maintenance and massive reorientation towards achieving sustainable maintenance culture in Akure residential core.

Socio-economic Implication, Infrastructure Maintenance, Akure Core

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