 And in business news there's need for stakeholders to harness the value of facility management as it has potential to transform the nation's economy. This was the position of president of the International Facility Management Association IFMA, Shegun Adebayo, at the third addition of the advocacy they held in Lagos. Details in this report. Facility management is most often limited to the built industry but it goes further beyond that. It ensures functionality, safety and efficiency of the built environment by integrating people, place, process and technology. Like every other year the Institute of Facility Management Association IFMA put together this advocacy platform to engage in strategic conversations and discussions on matters of utmost importance to the collective interest of the profession. President of IFMA, Nigeria chapter Shegun Adebayo and his vice say the program aids a commitment to ensure conducive work environment and provide value through integration of people and technology in a place. Adebayo also spoke on the need to carry facility managers along when projects have been executed. And the advocacy of today is to create a platform for us to have conversations. Conversations especially around how we can actually ensure sustainability in built environment. So we talk about building problems. Of course, one of the key things we have been trying to also advocate is that whenever you are starting a project, be it building or what have you, because facility managers are more like professional undertakers. Carry along facility managers with you as your sustainability consultant. The solution that can come from IFMA on which we have been doing is the awareness and advocacy that we are doing and also to provide our advices to various government agencies and also to have a kind of a partnership with them in formulating their policies that can be of a great help to both the public and also the practitioners. The keynote speaker Fembe Akitunde who hinged his speech on the economy of facility management and the need to harness their value and impact in Nigeria says a good FM will result in better productivity and sustainable growth and development. FM has greater value in different ways. FM is a support business, is a support profession. What it does is that it starts by creating enabling environments for people to work, live and play. When you live in a place that is very conducive, safe and secured, your mind is at rest, you are more productive. Facility management follows you to the place where you work and it continues a good job by making where you work conducive for high productivity. Akitunde believes that when organizations are successful, it will create economic values explaining that facility management sits at the center of it all. Hello, hope you enjoyed the news. Please do subscribe to our YouTube channel and don't forget to hit the notification button so you get notified about fresh news updates.