Several corporate organisations and state governments have joined in partnership to support the sixth annual conference of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP), scheduled to ho9ld on October 6 at Sheraton Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos.
The chairman, 2022 Conference Committee, Ken Ugbechie, disclosed that the corporate partners include Delta and Lagos states governments, the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Chevron Nigeria Limited, and Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).
GOCOP Publicity Secretary, Remmy Nweke, in a statement indicated Ugbechie had identified other interested partners to include the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Access Bank Plc, Unity Bank plc and Globacom.
Ugbechie also disclosed that the theme of the conference is “2023 Elections: Managing the Process for Credible Outcome”; and the keynote speaker is the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu; chairman pf the conference, is the founder of Centre for Alternative Policy Perspectives and Strategy (CAPPS), Dr. Umar Ardo.
the panelists were identified to include human rights activist and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, former Inspector General of Police, Dr. Solomon E. Arase, and Dr. Chichi Aniagolu-Okoye, Regional Director, Ford Foundation (West Africa).
The GOCOP 2022 conference committee had earlier announced partnership arrangement with the Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL Plc.), Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), and Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), including the First Bank Plc, Nigeria Liquefied National Gas (NLNG) Limited, The Presidency, Wema Bank, Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA), etc.