{"id":162643,"date":"2023-10-09T09:31:15","date_gmt":"2023-10-09T08:31:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmail-ng.com\/?p=162643"},"modified":"2023-10-09T09:31:15","modified_gmt":"2023-10-09T08:31:15","slug":"gocop-re-elects-maureen-chigbo-president-14-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmail-ng.com\/gocop-re-elects-maureen-chigbo-president-14-others\/","title":{"rendered":"GOCOP re-elects Maureen Chigbo, president, 14 others"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>The Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) has re-elected Maureen Chigbo, the publisher of Realnews as president, alongside 14 other members of the National Executive Committee (NEC) for another two years.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Chigbo was initially elected in 2021 and she took over from the publisher of The Eagle Online, Dotun Oladipo who completed his two terms in office as president.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>With this development, Maureen Chigbo who is the fourth President of GOCOP is on her second term following a successful 7th Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Wednesday, October 4, at the Abuja Continental Hotel, formerly Sheraton, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Equally re-elected were Danlami Nmodu, mni as the Deputy President,\u00a0 Ken Ugbechie as Vice President, South; and Tom Chaiheman as the Vice President, North; Collins Edomaruse returned as General Secretary, likewise Olumide Iyanda as Deputy General-Secretary.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_162644\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-162644\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-162644\" src=\"https:\/\/newmail-ng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Chigbos-swear-in-1024x749.jpg\" alt=\"Chigbo's swear-in\" width=\"640\" height=\"468\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newmail-ng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Chigbos-swear-in-1024x749.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/newmail-ng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Chigbos-swear-in-300x219.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newmail-ng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Chigbos-swear-in-768x562.jpg 768w, https:\/\/newmail-ng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Chigbos-swear-in-574x420.jpg 574w, https:\/\/newmail-ng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Chigbos-swear-in-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/newmail-ng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Chigbos-swear-in-640x468.jpg 640w, https:\/\/newmail-ng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Chigbos-swear-in-681x498.jpg 681w, https:\/\/newmail-ng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Chigbos-swear-in.jpg 1058w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-162644\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chigbo&#8217;s swear-in<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Equally returned were Remmy Nweke as Publicity Secretary, Azuh Arinze as Financial Secretary, and Yemisi Izuora as the Treasurer.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Additionally at the AGM, Messrs Max Amuchie, Horatius Egua, James Ume; Akeem Oyetunji; Raymond Ukaegbu and Tony Edike were elected Zonal Coordinators for the North Central; North East, North West, South West, South-South and South East in that order.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Speaking after the re-election on behalf of her NEC for another term, Maureen Chigbo appreciated GOCOP members for the confidence on her team, pledging they will strive to deliberately position GOCOP for continuous growth and recognition in the market place.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The 2023 GOCOP Election Committee was chaired by Yusuf Ozi-Usman, publisher of Greenberg Reporters while Victoria Ibanga of NewEdition was the Secretary.\u00a0 Other members of the committee include Dr. Monday Ashibogwu of QuickNews; Kemi Yesufu of Frontline News Online, and Barr. Afolabi Odeyemi of YouNews as Legal Adviser.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>GOCOP, a registered non-governmental, non-partisan, non-profit organisation, comprises owners of online publications.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The newly re-elected NEC were inaugurated on Thursday, October 5, 2023 in Abuja at the ceremony witnessed by the chairman of this year\u2019s conference, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, the Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB).<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) has re-elected Maureen Chigbo, the publisher of Realnews as president, alongside 14 other members of the National Executive Committee (NEC) for another two years. 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