🇳🇬 Chapter
UTA Nigeria
UTA's Nigeria chapter was formally inaugurated in Abuja in November 2023, with a Board of Trustees constituted the previous year.
Leadership
Amb. Abigail (Chinyere) Amalaha
Country President
A journalist and publisher, appointed following an election, interview and background-check process conducted by UTA headquarters in Geneva.
Board of Trustees
HRH Alhaji Usman Nga-kupi
Chairman, Board of Trustees
The Sapeyi of Garki, FCT Abuja
Onuoha Ukeh
Member, Board of Trustees
Managing Director / Editor-in-Chief, The Sun Publishing Limited
Dr. Abubakar Jimoh
Member, Board of Trustees
Director, Public Affairs, NAFDAC
Dr. Chike Okogwu
Member, Board of Trustees
Development consultant and disability rights advocate
Activity
- Upcoming
UTA to confer International Humanitarian Award 2026 in Abuja
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.
UTA leads Libya-Nigeria economic cooperation delegation
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.
Nigeria country office inaugurated in Abuja
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.
UTA meets Nigeria Women Football League on gender equality partnership
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.
Nigeria Board of Trustees formally constituted
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 announces rural FCT community project package
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.