Lagos and Kwara State governments, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited and the Nigeria Customs Service have indicated support for the 7th annual conference of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers, GOCOP, scheduled for Thursday, October 5 at the Abuja Continental Hotel.
Chairman of the 2023 Conference Planning Committee, Danlami Nmodu, in a press statement, disclosed that a good number of blue-chip companies and high net-worth companies as well as Ministries, Departments and Agencies are also lined up to support this year’s conference.
He also said that GOCOP annual conference has attracted support from the likes of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board, Federal Inland Revenue Services, SEPLAT, Nigerians Liquefied Natural Gas, Dangote Group and the Nigerian Communications Commission.
Also listed are the Nigerian Air Force, Sahara Energy, Sterling Bank, First City Merchant Bank, Department State Security, Ecobank, First Bank, Access Bank, Zenith Bank, Emadeb, T-Pumpy Concepts and the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB.
Meanwhile, he said that activities, have been lined up for a successful hosting of this year’s GOCOP annual conference with the theme: “Nigeria: Roadmap for Socio-Economic Recovery and Sustainability.” Prominent stakeholders in the polity, civil society organisations, security, judiciary, media, among others have confirmed participation.
The Registrar and Chief Executive Officer of JAMB, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede and Prof. Uche Uwaleke are expected to be chairman and keynote speaker respectively.
Listed as panelists are the Secretary-General, Committee of Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian Universities, Prof. Yakubu A. Ochefu; Special Adviser to the President (Policy Coordination) Hajia Hadiza Bala-Usman, and Chief Executive Officer, Cowry Assets Management Ltd, Mr. Johnson Chukwu.
Meanwhile, a pre-conference business session will hold on the October 4, to enable members rub minds with media managers of corporate entities and advertisers. The pre-conference day activities include that presentation of annual report and election of new National Executive Council for another two years.
GOCOP was established to ensure that online publishers uphold the tenets of journalism in doing their jobs and our membership is a constellation of editors and senior journalists, whom, having distinguished themselves in their various stations in the print and electronic media, ventured into online publishing which is both the present and future of journalism globally. Currently, the Guild has over 90 corporate publishers as members.
