A line up of seasoned professionals are now ready to speak as panelists at the 2023 Annual General Conference of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers to be held on October 5, 2023 at Abuja Continental Hotel (Old Sheraton Hotel), Abuja.
Chairman, GOCOP 7th Conference Planning Committee and GOCOP Deputy President, Danlami Nmodu, announced this.
According to the Member of the National Institute, the panel for that will be debating the Keynote Speech of the conference is made up of the Secretary-General, Committee of Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian Universities, Prof. Yakubu Aboki Ochefu; Special Adviser to the President on Policy Coordination, Hajia Hadiza Bala-Usman; and Chief Executive Officer, Cowry Assets Management Limited, Johnson Chukwu.
The statement, made available by GOCOP Publicity Secretary, Remmy Nweke, on Tuesday, also noted that the conference would be presided over by the Registrar and Chief Executive Officer, Join Admissions and Matriculation Board, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, while the first Nigerian Professor of Capital Market, Prof. Uchenna Joseph Uwaleke, has been confirmed as the Keynote Speaker.
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Nmodu also revealed that the conference would focus on the theme: “Nigeria: Roadmap for Socio-Economic Recovery and Sustainability,” pointing out that the choice of the topic was informed by the current socio-political and economic realities facing Nigeria, post-2023 general election.
Nweke recalled that Professor Ochefu is an academic, university administrator and entrepreneur.
He holds a B.A and PhD degrees in History and Economic History from the University of Calabar, and an M.A in Political Economy from the University of Birmingham.
Ochefu began his academic career in 1985 at the University of Calabar and later transferred to Benue State University, Makurdi in 1993.
In 2003, he was promoted to the rank of Professor of Economic History and Development Studies.
At the Benue State University, he held various positions such as Head, Department of History; Dean Students Affairs; Deputy Vice-Chancellor; and Director of Consultancy Services.
From 2012 to 2017, he was Vice-Chancellor of Kwararafa University, Wukari in Taraba State.
He was in 2019 appointed Secretary-General of the Committee of Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian Universities and Committee of Pro-Chancellors of Nigerian Federal Universities.
Bala-Usman is a Nigerian politician who served as the Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority from 2016 to 2021.
Previously, she served as the Chief of Staff to the Governor of Kaduna State from 2015 to 2016 and was appointed Special Adviser on Policy Coordination to President Bola Tinubu in June 2023.
She was one of the co-founders of the Bring Back Our Girls in 2014.
In 2000, she graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria and later received a Master’s degree in Development Studies from the University of Leeds in 2009.
Chukwu is the Chairman and Founder, Cowry Assets Management Limited.
Prior to the establishment of Cowry Asset Management Limited, he has been actively involved in the Nigerian Capital Market and was instrumental to the establishment of one of the most vibrant capital market operator, as the pioneer General Manager/Chief Executive Officer of Guardian Express Trust Limited, now Spring Capital, a subsidiary of Guardian Express Bank Plc, now Spring Bank Plc.
Before joining Cowry Asset Management Limited on a full-time basis in October 2007, Chukwu was between February 2006 and September 2007 a Deputy General Manager and Group Executive, Operations of Spring Bank Plc.
Chukwu is a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) second class upper degree holder in Accounting and a University of Lagos Scholar.
He also holds an MBA from Lagos Business School (Pan African University).
