The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG), Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Delta State and Lagos State, as well as the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) and T-Pumpy Concept Limited, have joined the partnership with the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) for the holding of its eighth Annual Conference on October 3, in Lokoja, the capital of Kogi State.
The Planning Committee chairman of the Conference, Danlami Nmodu, mni, in a statement issued by the Publicity Secretary, Sir Remmy Nweke, confirmed that already, the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Emadeb Group and Dangote Group had joined the train of partners for the event, to be held at the Reverton Hotel, GRA in Lokoja.
Other partners, according to Nmodu include the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Setraco Nigeria Limited, United Bank for Africa (UBA) and Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB), 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), among others.
He said that the theme of the eighth Conference would be on “Nigeria: Tackling Insecurity, Power Deficit, and Transitioning to Digital Economy.”
He said that the former governor of Cross River State, Senator Liyle Imoke is expected to deliver the lead paper.
Nmodu said that there would be the business luncheon with GOCOP partners on October 2, at the same venue, and that the main conference, which would be open for interested public would hold on October 3.
The 8th edition will be chaired by the former Nigeria’s Ambassador to Spain, Alhaji Yusuf Mamman, accompanied by the former Nigerian Chief of Army Staff, Lt-General Tukur Yusuf Buratai (rtd) and the Executive Vice Chairman, Nigerian of the Communications Commission (NCC), Dr. Aminu Maida as Guest Speakers, even as the Professor of Political Science at the Federal University Lokoja, Professor Rotimi Ajayi and an edutainment communicator and veteran broadcaster, Ms. Debrah M. Ogazuma would make up the panelists.
