{
  "id": 19428618,
  "title": "YABATECH Don Identifies Poor Time Management, Bureaucracy as Causes of Project Failures",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/11/yabatech-don-identifies-poor-time-management-bureaucracy-as-causes-of",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-11T01:24:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "This Day",
    "slug": "this-day",
    "url": "https://www.thisdaylive.com/2026/11/11/yabatech-don-identifies-poor-time-management-bureaucracy-as-causes-of-project-failures/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Dr Alaba Adetola, a chief lecturer at Yaba College of Technology, has identified several factors contributing to project failures in Nigeria. These include poor time management, bureaucratic delays, and inadequate goal-setting. To overcome these challenges, Adetola emphasized the importance of deliberate planning, discipline, effective resource management, and adherence to realistic deadlines. He highlighted the detrimental impact of disregarding time across various sectors of the economy, which leads to reduced productivity, increased project delivery costs, and slower national development. Adetola stressed that while time is a fixed resource, its proper management is crucial for achieving desired outcomes. Unstructured workflows often force administrators and project supervisors into a reactive crisis management mode, leaving little room for strategic planning. To address this issue, he proposed effective planning, clear goal-setting, adherence to deadlines, management of personal distractions, prioritization of tasks, and efficient resource allocation. Adetola cited research indicating that managers often have only six minutes of uninterrupted work time due to constant distractions and reactive schedules. He noted that this culture of distraction extends to institutional administration, construction, and other development sectors, weakening organizational efficiency. Adetola advocated for SMART principles in setting organizational and individual goals: specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, and time-bound. He urged organizations to differentiate between routine operational activities and long-term strategic objectives, emphasizing the importance of written targets and provisions for unexpected interruptions to improve project delivery. Addressing institutional work ethics, Adetola pointed out administrative delays, unpunctuality, and indiscipline among staff and students as practices that hinder organizational progress. He provided examples of unattended official files and instructors reporting late for duties, describing these behaviors as time bandits that compromise institutional excellence and development outcomes. Adetola concluded by emphasizing that effective time management must be deliberately cultivated among leaders in project management, business organizations, and public institutions. He stressed that mastering this skill is essential to eliminating waste, improving productivity, and ensuring sustainable development.",
  "summary": "Funmi Ogundare Dr Alaba Adetola, a chief lecturer in the Department of Building Technology, Yaba College of Technology (YABATECH), has identified poor time management, bureaucratic delays, and a lack of",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}