Ambassador Mamman To Chair GOCOP 2024 Conference In Kogi

<h4>&NewLine;Ambassador Mamman To Chair GOCOP 2024 Conference In Kogi<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that Nigeria&&num;8217&semi;s former Ambassador to Spain&comma; Alhaji Yusuf Yaro Mamman&comma; will chair the 2024 annual conference of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers &lpar;GOCOP&rpar;&comma; slated for October&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The 2024 Conference Planning Committee chairman&comma; Danlami Nmodu&comma; mni announced this in a press statement issued by the Publicity Secretary of GOCOP&comma; Sir Remmy Nweke&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The conference&comma; Nmodu said&comma; would be held at the Reverton Hotel&comma; 1&sol;5 Kunama Crescent&comma; GRA Lokoja&comma; Kogi State at 10 am on Thursday&comma; October 3&comma; 2024&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to him&comma; the 8th annual conference&comma; with the theme&comma; &&num;8220&semi;Nigeria&colon; Tackling Insecurity&comma; Power Deficit&comma; and Transitioning to Digital Economy&comma;&&num;8221&semi; would be presided over by Ambassador Mamman&comma; who was once national chairman of the Alliance for Democracy &lpar;AD&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In his acceptance letter to GOCOP to chair the conference&comma; Amb&period; Mamman appreciated the committee and entire GOCOP leadership for the opportunity&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The former ambassador noted that with the evolution and growth of digital media&comma; online journalism and convergence had thrown up many opportunities and challenges&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I look forward to the conference&comma;”<&sol;strong><&sol;em> he said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Nmodu also disclosed that a keynote address would be delivered by a renowned technocrat and expert on the theme&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He recalled that the GOCOP conference 2023 was chaired by the JAMB Registrar and Chief Executive&comma; Prof Ishaq Olarenwaju Oloyede&comma; while the first Nigerian Professor of Capital Market&comma; Prof&period; Uchenna Joseph Uwaleke was the keynote speaker&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Nmodu noted that previous speakers at the annual conference consisted of <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;vanguardngr&period;com&sol;">Rev&period; Matthew Hassan Kukah&comma; the Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto<&sol;a> who delivered the 2019 lecture on &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Economy&comma; Security and National Development&colon; The Way Forward&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In 2021&comma; Mr&period; Boss Mustapha&comma; Secretary to the Government of the Federation&comma; keynoted the Conference in his capacity as Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Covid-19&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He spoke on&colon; <em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Post Covid-19 Pandemic&colon; Recovery and Reconstruction in Nigeria&period;”<&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;In 2022&comma; Professor Mahmood Yakubu&comma; Chairman&comma; Independent National Electoral Commission&comma; delivered the keynote entitled <em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;2023 Elections&colon; Managing the Process for Credible Outcome&period;”<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He assured that preparations were ongoing to make the conference a resounding success&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>GOCOP was established to ensure that online publishers uphold the tenets of journalism&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Membership of the Guild is a constellation of editors and senior journalists who&comma; having distinguished themselves in their various positions in the print and electronic media&comma; ventured into online publishing which is both the present and future of journalism globally&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Guild has over 104 corporate publishers as members&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;