The Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) have elected the publisher
of The Eagle Online, Dotun Oladipo, as President, reports ITRealms.
The election conducted on Wednesday at Adna Hotel, GRA,
Ikeja, Lagos, saw Oladipo who is the current General Secretary of the association
emerging as President.
Also elected into the National Executive Committee of the
Guild are the Publisher, Real News, Maureen Chigbo, as Deputy President;
Publisher, Newsdiaryonline, Danlami Nmodu, Secretary General; and Publisher,
Metro Watch, Collins Edomaruse, Deputy Secretary General.
Others are the Publisher, World Stage, Segun Adeleye,
Financial Secretary; Publisher, The Scroll, Janet Mba-Afolabi, Treasurer; and
Publisher, Qed.ng, Olumide Iyanda, Publicity Secretary.
The election was conducted by a committee led by the
Publisher of Global Patriot, Simon Ibe.
Speaking after the election, the outgoing Acting President
of GOCOP, Musikilu Mojeed, thanked the electoral committee for organising a
free and fair poll.
Mojeed congratulated Oladipo and his team, calling on all
members of the Guild to give them all the needed support.
The new Executive Committee will be inaugurated at the 1st
annual conference of GOCOP holding on Thursday, August 10 at Renaissance Hotel,
Isaac John Street, Ikeja.
The theme of the conference is: “Sustaining Growth through
Diversification of the Economy.”
Keynote Speakers at the conference are university teacher,
Prof. Akin Onigbinde; the Managing Director of the News Agency of Nigeria, Bayo
Onanuga; and a former Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi.
The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai,
will also be speaking at the conference.
Buratai will speak on the tackling of the Boko Haram
insurgency in the face of the country’s economic reality.
Former Managing Director and Editor-in-Chief of the Sun
Newspapers and now the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to President
Muhammadu Buhari, Femi Adesina; and the Managing Director and Editor-in-Chief
of New Telegraph Newspapers and also the President of the Nigerian Guild of
Editors, Funke Egbemode, will participate in the discussion.
Uj/ N. Dom/GEE
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