Omo, Naija event industry don turn wahala zone as party planners and vendors dey chop serious fight over failed deliveries. E be like say everybody wan do mugu for who go deliver better service, and as e dey be, many big events don turn to nightmarish experience for organisers. Adeyanju, wey be Head of Product for Block Party, yarn say dem halla after one concert wey everything no go as planned. She no wan mention the vendor wey cause am, but she dem open up on how e take spoil for all of dem wey dey involved.
As she dey talk, you go fit see say the bad experience still dey pain am, because fans don already come pack, and dem dey ready for show wey supposed kick off by 7 pm, but as naija matter be, production wahala delay everything, and dem no start until after midnight. E no go funny, my people!
Adeyanju talk say, ‘Vendors dey crucial for any event. If light no come, if sound no gree work, na everything go scatter.’ E no nice at all, because when one thing dey bad, na the whole event go dey on shakky ground. Dis wahala dey make many event managers dey shed tears behind closed doors. One of dem wey share him own experience na Ikechukwu wey lose N8.5m to wrong event planner wey no fit deliver di goods wey dem promise.
Ikechukwu dey stay Canada but wan plan him wedding for Naija, and he just dey do everything through video calls. Na there trouble begin, as di day of di event come, everything wey him expect no show. Instead of classic wedding, na wahala and disappointment carry enter. He now they fight legal battle, hoping say di planner go dey held accountable for di money wey him miss.
Another bride wey dey call Chisom also share her own horror story. She no fit believe say after all di money wey she don drop for decorations, when show day come, na empty hall with no chairs she see. Chai! Wetin we go call dis one? She dey still recover from di embarrassment wey follow am. Dem suppose fix am well but na dem dem scatter everything.
Even event planner wey talk say dem dey collect actions wey fit spoil contract, Komolafe Lateef, use him recent experience wey cost am N40m deal to warn say event planners need to check vendor’s readiness well before dem agree to work with dem. No be by mouth, my people! He blame say everybody dey attach blame to event planners when something go wrong, but how about di vendors wey no dey deliver as promised?
Serah, one vendor wey don dey this game for more than eight years come talk say many vendors dey suffer because event planners no dey pay well or dey cut corner in budget. “We dey deal with tight budgets, and dat one dey affect how we fit execute events,” she talk. She even talk say most customers no go reason wetin dey play behind di scenes; dem just wan see beautiful party without understanding di stress wey vendors dey go through.
As wahala don plenty, Dem current situation dey show say Naija event industry need beta way wey no go dey depend on sweet talk. Even DJ Teewisky talk say as e dey sound na event planners dey underplay wetin go fit help dem, na why we dey see so many flopped events. In short, all of dem don agree say better communication and planning fit save us plenty shame for future. Na so di story be, my people!
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