GOCOP announces date for 5th Annual Conference, with Boss Mustapha as Keynote Speaker

By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja –

The Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP), has announced October 6 and 7, 2021 as dates for its 5th Annual Conference scheduled to hold at the Sheraton Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos.

Already, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, has confirmed his participation and to deliver the Keynote Address at the conference, which has as its theme, “COVID-19 Pandemic: Recovery and Reconstruction in Nigeria.”

GOCOP publicity secretary, Olumide Iyanda, who made this known in a statement on Wednesday, explained that the choice of the topic is informed by contemporary political, economic, security, socio-cultural challenges facing Nigeria occasioned by the coronavirus pandemic which has crippled socio-cultural and economic activities not only in Nigeria, but around the world and the concerted efforts made nationally and globally to tame the scourge.

The statement also quoted the GOCOP Vice President and Chairperson of the Conference Organising Committee, Maureen Chigbo, as saying that the programme will include a business lunch with leading marketing and corporate communications practitioners in Nigeria on the first day of the conference.

“The business lunch will take place at the Sheraton Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos, on October 6 by 1pm prompt.
After the lunch, GOCOP members will go into a closed-door session to discuss internal affairs of the guild,” the statement said.

It added that on the second day, October 7, “there will be a lecture on the conference theme to be delivered by a top official of the Federal Government, with discussions by experts in health, economic and political affairs. A state governor will chair the conference.”

Both the governor and top government official along with other speakers will soon be made public.

The conference, which promises to be a worthwhile event, will bring together policy and decision-makers from the private and public sectors as well as scholars, non-governmental organisations and the media.

Meanwhile, the Office of the SGF,

Meanwhile, the Office of the SGF has confirmed that Mustapha would participate and deliver the Keynote Address, according to a letter sent to GOCOP during the week by the Permanent Secretary (General Service Office), Nmandi Maurice Mbaeri.