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Meetings, appointments and programmes from UTA headquarters and the chapter network. Every entry links to its source.
UTA will confer its International Humanitarian Award 2026 on the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service at a World Humanitarian Day event in Abuja. A UTA headquarters delegation from Geneva, led by Secretary-General Amb. Dr. Eya Essif, is expected to attend.
Secretary-General Amb. Dr. Eya Essif spoke on behalf of UTA in meetings of the Human Rights Council's 60th regular session, contributing to interactive dialogues on economic, social and cultural rights and on the rights of peasants and rural workers.
UTA accompanied a visit to Nigeria by the Libyan Minister of African Affairs, Issa Majid Mansour. Discussions between UTA, Libya and Italy addressed a tripartite arrangement on irregular migration deaths in the Mediterranean and skills-training programmes for Nigerian artisans.
Secretary-General Amb. Dr. Eya Essif travelled to Abuja to officially inaugurate UTA's Nigeria country office, joined by the chapter's Board of Trustees and Country President.
A UTA delegation met the leadership of the Nigeria Women Football League to discuss a memorandum of understanding covering gender equality, grassroots development, and the use of football for community development and financial literacy.
UTA organised a side-event at the 54th session of the UN Human Rights Council, moderated by Secretary-General Amb. Dr. Eya Essif. Speakers included the Libyan Minister of African Affairs and Rossana Roda, President of UTA-Italy.
UTA was listed among participating civil-society organisations at the 2023 Annual Meetings, represented by Secretary-General Amb. Dr. Eya Essif.
Members of UTA-Nigeria's Board of Trustees received letters of appointment signed by the Secretary-General, formally constituting the chapter's governing body.
UTA-Nigeria announced plans to rehabilitate two hospitals and two primary schools in rural communities of the Federal Capital Territory — the chapter's first rural community project package.