By Our Reporter
The Country-President of United Towns Agency (UTA) for North South Cooperation in Nigeria, Ambassador Abigail Amalaha, on Wednesday had audience with Sao Tome and Principe’s First Lady, Maria De Fatima Vila Nova, in the country’s capital, Sao Tome, as part of advocacy and partnership visit across Africa.
In the meeting, Amb Amalaha told her host that the essence of her visit was to see how UTA Nigeria could partner with the First Lady of Sao Tome and Principe to better the lives of the less privileged and vulnerable citizens of her country, Nigeria and Africa at large.
Amalaha said this could be achieved by taking advantage of the platform of the global UTA as a United Nations affiliated non-governmental organization.
The UTA Nigeria Country President assured the Sao Tome and Principe First Lady that the organisation would use all instrumentalities within its disposal to support and add value to the good work she is doing for her people as wife of the president.
The highly elated First Lady expressed deep appreciation to the UTA Nigeria Country President for the visit and assured her that she would work with the organization towards actualising the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations for the mutual benefit of not only her country and Nigeria, but also the entire continent of Africa.
Vila Nova promised a reciprocal visit to Nigeria in the near future.
UTA Nigeria was inaugurated three years ago as a chapter of the United Nations affiliated non-governmental organization, which enjoys consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).
The Nigerian chapter recently signed international cooperation agreement with the Federal Government of Nigeria through the Federal Ministry of Budget and Economic Planning.
The organisation is directly involved in diverse activities, which include promoting human rights, child right, girl-child education, and humanitarian activities, among other endeavours.
