Effects Of Covid-19 Pandemic on Event Planning in Lagos State, Nigeria
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2022-12
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Lead City University
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The study focused on effects of COVID-19 on Event Planning in Lagos State, Nigeria with a view to providing information on strategies to deploy to enhance capacity to cope with future challenges. The study elicit information from 123 registered members of the Association of Professional Party Organizers and Events Managers in Nigeria (APPOEMN) Lagos State chapter with the aid of structured questionnaire using Google form. Data obtained were analysed using five points Likert scale of agreement and severity. Results of findings show that there were more females (56.5%) than males (41.5%) event planners majority of whom are aged 31-40 years (38.2%). Advancement in age was a major risk factor (severity index > 60%) among event planners in coping with postponement of event dates and reduction in numbers of guests planned for (X2 = 23.182 and 26.529; p < 0.05 in both cases) while gender and educational qualifications were factors (severity index > 60%) among female event planners and those with less than tertiary education (X2 = 7.980 and 20.843; p < 0.05 in both cases). All event planners (100%) were aware of the negative impacts the pandemic and had sought intervention schemes as government loans (52.0%), rapid response for suspected cases (51.2%) and adoption of virtual and hybrid events (29.3%). The study recommends the use of virtual technologies, webinars, real-time conversation, podcasts chats among others in bringing people together in participation of events in future pandemic.
Keywords: Events, Events Planning, COVID-19 and Lagos.
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Kate Turabian