GOCOP hosts business lunch with corporate affairs managers

The Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) will be hosting corporate affairs managers to a business lunch at the Sheraton Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos.

The Guild in a statement on Sunday, indicated that the event is part of the activities lined up for its two-day fifth annual conference with the theme “COVID-19 Pandemic: Recovery and Reconstruction in Nigeria.”

The lunch will give online publishers an opportunity to network with information managers in the public and private sectors.

The statement by the GOCOP Publicity Secretary, Olumide Iyanda, reads in part: “As businesses recover from the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, online media owners wish to create a stronger relationship with business partners across sectors.

“The meeting will provide an avenue for corporate communication managers to understand the dynamics of online publishing, challenges faced by publishers as employers and providers of credible news.

“It will also provide advertisers and corporate communications managers the opportunity to share with GOCOP members how best they can help to promote their businesses.”

According to Iyanda, the lunch, which is strictly by invitation, will hold on Wednesday, October 6, 2021, starting at 1 pm prompt.

It will be followed on Thursday, October 7, with a lecture to be chaired by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos while the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr. Boss Mustapha, will deliver the keynote address.

It was highlighted that GOCOP is an association of online publishers registered with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) with membership drawn from journalists and media executives with years of verifiable experience.