EFFECT OF COMPUTER IN TRADE FAIR ORGANISATION AND MANAGEMENT IN NIGERIA.

Abstract

ABSTRACT Trade Fair is one single function of the chamber movement that brings so much income and activities to chambers all over the world. It become imperative therefore why its organisation and management has to painstakingly computerised. Computerisation of Nigerian Trade Fairs activities was started by Lagos, Kaduna and Enugu because they are organising INTERNATIONAL TRADE FAIRS others like Kano, Onitsha, Kogi, Kebbi and Niger later introduced the use of computer to their Trade Fair activities. It is quite rewarding to note that this study found out from both the organisers/managers in one hand and participants/shoppers on the other hand are quite happy with the use of computer most especially in the allocation of spaces/shops, which hitherto was a chaotic situation. This study found out one frustrating remarks in 1999 from some respondents who were asking of the effects of the Millennium Bug on the use of computer in space allocation since they had the misconception that the system would collapsed by the entry date into the new Millennium. It took time to explain to those who cared to listen, yet they however accepted the explanations sluggishly. Thank God, there were no major crises on the entry date of the new Millennium, if this had happened, it would have destroyed all the gains of computer application worldwide. This study discovered that some users and would be users have the fears about computer fraud, they argued that despite all good things about computer, they are aware that it is vulnerable to a lot of criminalities. It is important therefore for various organisations such as Institutions of Higher Learning to organise seminars and workshops on how to curb computer fraud, this will allay the fears of some people wishing to buy computer. However, this study gave some recommendation on how these criminal tendencies can be reduced. Finally, despite the "noise" about the computer millennium bug and the Fears about computer frauds and others minor complains, it is now certain that computer has come to stay.