The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Emadeb Group and Dangote Group will be leading the train of partners for the eighth annual conference of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) slated for Thursday, October 3, 2024 at the Reverton Hotel, GRA Lokoja, Kogi State.
Chairman of the 2024 conference planning committee Danlami Nmodu also listed other partners to include Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Setraco Nigeria Limited, United Bank for Africa (UBA) and Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), according to a statement by
GOCOP publicity secretary, Sir Remmy Nweke.
Mr Nmodu was also quoted as saying that the eighth conference would centre on the theme: “Nigeria: Tackling Insecurity, Power Deficit, and Transitioning to Digital Economy”.
The keynote will be delivered by former governor of Cross River State, Senator Liyle Imoke.
Additional partners for 2024, he said, comprised the Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau, Access Bank plc, Zenith Bank plc, First City Monument Bank (FCMB), Fidelity Bank plc, Sovereign Trust Insurance Plc (STI), Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) and National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB).
A major highlight of this year’s conference, Nmodu said, is a business luncheon with GOCOP partners on Wednesday, October 2 at the same venue.
Nmodu noted that the eighth edition would be chaired by former Nigeria’s Ambassador to Spain, Yusuf Mamman, with the former Nigerian Chief of Army Staff, Lt-General Tukur Yusuf Buratai (Retd) and the executive vice chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Aminu Maida as guest speakers, while a professor of political science at the Federal University Lokoja, Prof. Rotimi Ajayi and an edutainment communicator and veteran broadcaster Debrah Ogazuma are panellists.
