GOCOP Annual Conference: Professor Ochefu, Hadiza Usman Offer Options For Economic Growth

<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h4>GOCOP Annual Conference<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that Professor Yakubu Ochefu has suggested that the elites in Nigeria must unanimously agree about the fundamentals of the economy including the norms of the social system&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Ochefu&comma; the Secretary-General of the Committee of Vice Chancellors of Nigerian Universities &lpar;CVCNU&rpar;&comma; said that the current state of the economy requires elite consensus&semi; a phenomenon which most developed social formations have in common&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He was speaking as a panelist at the 7th annual conference of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers &lpar;GOCOP&rpar;&comma; held in Abuja&comma; stressing a need to address the issue of elite consensus if the country must talk about economic growth and sustainable development&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to Ochefu&comma; the character and lifestyle of the elites play significant role in shaping the country&&num;8217&semi;s development trajectory&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The panelist further advised the government to improve its investment in education noting that Nigeria is currently doing 9&percnt; in terms of space for higher education as &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;over 200 Universities we have are not enough to cater for large number of Nigerians seeking tertiary education&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He decried a situation where those in position of leadership amass wealth more than they need to the detriment of the economy and the Nigerian people&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Other panelist include Hadiza Bala Usman whereas the keynote address on &&num;8216&semi;Nigeria&colon; Roadmap for Socio-Economic Recovery and Sustainability&&num;8217&semi; was presented by Prof Uche Uwaleke&comma; a professor of capital market and the Special Adviser to the Senate Committee Chairman on Capital Market&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Earlier in her welcome remarks&comma; the president of GOCOP&comma; Maureen Chigbo&comma; said security was important as there can be no investment without security and underscored the purpose of the conference theme&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;There is a new administration in town&comma; so there is need to assist them with professional information to build sound roadmap&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;vanguardngr&period;com&sol;">Giving a background on GOCOP&comma; and the choice of Abuja&comma; the president&comma; who is the publisher of RealNews online&comma; noted the group is made up of mediapreneurs who are seasoned practitioners&period;<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>GOCOP&comma; she said&comma; has created mechanisms to control and discipline any erring members to ensure credibility in online journalism&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The 2023 conference was chaired by the chief executive officer and Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board &lpar;JAMB&rpar;&comma; Prof Ishaq Oloyede&comma; whereas the Minister of Information and National Orientation&comma; Alhaji Mohammed Idris led the Federal Government delegation to the annual conference&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;22611" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-22611" style&equals;"width&colon; 300px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"size-medium wp-image-22611" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;10&sol;images-300x267&period;png" alt&equals;"GOCOP Annual Conference&colon; Professor Ochefu&comma; Hadiza Usman Offer Options For Economic Growth" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"267" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-22611" class&equals;"wp-caption-text"><em><strong>GOCOP<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;