This year’s conference of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers, GOCOP, commences today in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital, with many dignitaries scheduled to attend.
The two-day event which is the 8th, has as its theme “Nigeria: Tackling Insecurity, Power Deficit, and Transitioning to Digital Economy.”
Holding at Reverton Hotel, GRA Lokoja, Kogi State, it will, today, feature the guild’s Annual General Meeting, AGM, among others while the conference will hold on Thursday.
The Thursday event will be chaired by former Nigerian Ambassador to Spain, Malam Yusuf Mamman.
Former governor of Cross River State, Senator Liyel Imoke, will deliver the keynote address with the theme, “Nigeria: Tackling Insecurity, Power Deficit, and Transitioning to Digital Economy,” while former Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai (rtd) and Executive Vice Chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, Dr. Aminu Maida, will be guest speakers.
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Also expected at the occasion are the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris and Kogi State governor, Alhaji Ahmed Usman Ododo.
To feature as panelists are: Professor Rotimi Ajayi, Department of Political Science, Federal University Lokoja and Ms Debrah Ogazuma, Edutainment Communicator and Veteran Broadcaster.
The 2023 edition was chaired by the JAMB Registrar and Chief Executive, Prof Ishaq Olarenwaju Oloyede, while the first Nigerian Professor of Capital Market, Prof. Uchenna Joseph Uwaleke, was the keynote speaker.
Previous speakers at the annual conference consisted of Rev. Matthew Hassan Kukah, the Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto who delivered the 2019 lecture on “Economy, Security and National Development: The Way Forward.””
In 2021, Mr. Boss Mustapha, as the Secretary to the Government of the Federation and Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Covid-19, keynoted the conference and spoke on: “Post Covid-19 Pandemic: Recovery and Reconstruction in Nigeria.”
Professor Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission, delivered the keynote at the 2022 edition themed “2023 Elections: Managing the Process for Credible Outcome.”
GOCOP was established to ensure that online publishers uphold the tenets of journalism.
Membership of the Guild is a constellation of editors and senior journalists who, having distinguished themselves in their various positions in the print and electronic media, ventured into online publishing which is both the present and future of journalism globally.
The Guild has over 104 corporate publishers as members.
