Macky Sall Leads African Dignitaries to UTA Humanitarian Awards By Okwo Romeon Abuja

Abuja - Former Senegalese President Macky Sall is expected in Abuja on Thursday for the 2026 International Humanitarian Award and Lecture organised by the United Towns Agency for North-South Cooperation (UTA).

The event, scheduled for August 20 at Chida Hotel Event Centre, is part of activities marking the 2026 World Humanitarian Day and will bring together government officials, diplomats, United Nations agencies, traditional rulers, private-sector leaders and civil society organisations.

Sall, who is among the foreign dignitaries expected at the event, will be honoured alongside prominent Nigerians and other humanitarian advocates for their contributions to humanitarian service and development.

Former Senegalese President Macky Sall is expected in Abuja in few day time to co chairman of the Executive Governor of Zamafera state,Dr Dauda  Lawal

The event will be chaired by Rear Admiral Samuel Alade (rtd), Commandant of the National Defence College, Abuja, while Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal, is expected to deliver the keynote address.

Other foreign dignitaries expected include UTA Global Secretary-General, Ambassador Eya Essif; AU Ambassador Ousmane Yara; Samira Bawumia, wife of Ghana's former Vice-President and founder of the Samira Empowerment and Humanitarian Project; and Rosanna Roda, President of UTA Italy.

Among the Nigerian awardees are Governor Dauda Lawal of Zamfara State, Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State, Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Adewale Adeniyi; Minister of Defence, Christopher Musa; Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Abubakar Atiku Bagudu; and Executive Secretary of the National Human Rights Commission, Tony Ojukwu.

Other recipients include the Chairman of the Enugu State Council of Traditional Rulers, HRM Igwe Okechukwu Asadu; Chief Executive Officer of the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons, Tijjani Ahmed; Director of International Cooperation at the Federal Ministry of Budget and Economic Planning, Sampson Ebimaro; and Chairman of the Abuja Municipal Area Council, Christopher Maikalangu.

The high point of the event will be the unveiling of the UTA Social Centre, a community-based facility designed to provide vocational training, healthcare support and welfare services to vulnerable groups.

UTA said the humanitarian award and lecture was designed as a high-level platform for recognising individuals and institutions making significant contributions to humanitarian service in Nigeria and across Africa.

The organisation, which holds special consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), promotes solidarity, sustainable development and humanitarian cooperation between communities in the global North and South.

The event begins at 4pm.

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