Comments on: Not impressed with organizers of Nigerian events either

By: Dro

Dro — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:17:57 +0000

i absolutely kno what u mean. http://www.twitter.com/dirtyhiphophead

By: Emilia

Emilia — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:16:08 +0000

I agree with you definately it sucks with such promoters. Its the same thing here in Sweden. think it´s a global problem

By: Adaeze

Adaeze — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 08:27:54 +0000

ah sounds a bit familiar. except here they are full..too full of people and everyones talking while someones trying to hold a speech. i agree people need to support the initiative takers and get there ON TIME!
where are u and how are u dearie? havent seen u on my blog lately i always love ur comments *hint hint* lol

By: KK

KK — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 04:04:35 +0000

last year i was in Naija and attended the Sarafina show put together by MTN. we were kept waiting for over 2 and 1/2 hours before the show started.in that time period i walked over to a local viewing center and watched a full EPL match. the show did not start till about almost 9pm and when i left at 11.30pm the show was still on.
the painful aprt was that the crowd was less than 60 persons!!
can you imagine spending millions to fly an over 50 person cast and crew for a world class stage performance and there was that tiny a crowd.
if i was the MTN CEO, someone would have some serious query on his table the next monday morning.

By: Buttercup

Buttercup — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 03:08:51 +0000

What a damn shame. I’m sure you’re more than likely to never attend another event after this. How are you otherwise?

By: Pink-Satin

Pink-Satin — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 01:00:40 +0000

s**t…. 50 pple!!i feel sorry for the event organizer

By: naijagirl

naijagirl — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:37:22 +0000

I recall reading the last entry you made on these events….I hope next one is better. I sure would feel bad going and not getting my money’s worth. Maybe you and your friends should brave up the dance floor and dance to the good music, why let a good music go to waste cos no one is dancing? why let your money go to waste when you can dance your money’s worth on the dance floor?……you and friends should goof around on the dance floor then when people start coming in, you can go chill at the bar or something. I just love having fun and I like to make fun out of anything, especially in naija organized parties

By: akaBagucci

akaBagucci — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 22:45:43 +0000

Perhaps its a reason to stick with the tried and trusted.. and only venture into the murky waters when enough extra information has been gathered..

By: solomonsydelle

solomonsydelle — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 18:28:52 +0000

yeah, that is not cool at all!

If you were in my area, would invite you to our Naija hang outs – they are low key events but the amount of friendships you develop are lifelong ones.

Take care, babe!

By: archiwiz

archiwiz — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:35:07 +0000

I agree with Tigeress oh. Most of these guys lack a customer service-driven mindset.
First off, knowing that too many Nigerians would come late, they should have ensured that in their publicity they should have emphasized no lateness, and that the event would go on regardless of who comes late.

Its good that the organizer sha behaved well afterwards. The last Nigerian even I went to had us waiting for almost 2 hours to enter the hall, then 1.5 hours before the main attraction showed up. It was so disheartening.
I’m sure Femi Kuti’s and Sunny Ade’s shows wouldn’t be like this. First of all there would be hundreds, if not thousands of people. And most of the people would want to be as close tot he front as possible.
And the dancing? Yikes! I’m the type that can/will open the floor oh, but usually only if there’s one or two other people willing to join me. For the most part people just like to stand around and compare people’s outfits and bags and guess how much others make, when they should be boogying the night away.

Sorry dear. Hopefully it will get better soon.