The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the Director-General, National Commission for Museums and Monuments, Prof. Abba Tijjani, received the artefacts from the museum in company of the Consul-General of Nigeria in New York, Ambassador Lot Egopija.
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In a statement in Lagos, MRA’s Programme Director, Mr. Ayode Longe, said: “The situation with the National Commission for Museums and Monuments is truly a national scandal and represents everything that is wrong with Nigeria.
Russell Brooks, Public Affairs Officer of the Consulate, made the disclosure at the opening of a three-day training on “Museum Digitalisation and Artifact Preservation”, organised by the mission for some museum staff in the South-West.
President Muhammadu Buhari made the pledge at the launching of the Heritage Bikers Tour of Nigeria.