The third annual conference of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers, GOCOP, will hold on Friday with Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State as the Chief Guest of Honour.
The occasion will be chaired by the Managing Director of The News Group, Mr. Bayo Onanuga.
The event which will hold at Sheraton Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos has as its theme, “Economy, Security and National Development: The Way Forward.”
According to the Publicity Secretary of the group, Mr. Olumide Iyanda, in a statement he issued, the event will examine online publishers’ roles in the ever-changing Nigerian society.
The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto, Most Rev Dr. Matthew Kukah, is scheduled to deliver a keynote speech on the theme of the conference.
Former Director-General of the West African Institute for Financial and Economic Management, WAIFEM, Professor Akpan Ekpo, and a former Director with the Department of State Services, DSS, Mike Ejiofor, are the discussants.
Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, will represent the Presidency.
Policymakers in the private and public sectors will grace the occasion.
Meanwhile, a business forum between GOCOP members and representatives of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations, NIPR; Public Relations Consultants Association of Nigeria, PRCAN; Association of Corporate Affairs Managers of Banks, ACAMB; Advertisers Association of Nigeria, ADVAN; and Media Independent Practitioners Association of Nigeria, MIPAN, shall hold at Sheraton Hotel on Thursday, October 3.
