Gists By Germany, Reveals, Date for Return, of 7,000 Benin, Artefacts, Stolen
Germany has pledged to return at least
7,000 artefacts stolen from Benin
Kingdom.
The country will return the stolen artefacts
to Nigeria not later than October, Nigeria’s
Ministry of Foreign Affairs has revealed.
The Permanent Secretary in the ministry,
Ambassador Gabriel Aduda, announced
this at the inaugural Nigerian Cultural
Show exhibiting the nation’s diverse
cultural heritage, sites and traditional
festivals at the Cultural Centre of Nigeria
House in New York, United States of
America.
Aduda also said the reparation of the
artefacts would go with building an
ultramodern museum in Edo State and the
training of some curators to man the
artefacts.
He said Nigeria had reached an advanced
stage of discussions with Germany to
return thousands of different pieces of
Benin bronzes back to the country.
The Nigerian official said the ministry had
been at the forefront, alongside relevant
Ministries, Departments and Agencies
(MDAs), to facilitate the repatriation of
thousands of Benin artefacts from the
Republic of Germany.
He said: “We are working with relevant
MDAs. We have had several high-level
meetings with the Republic of Germany
and we are at a stage where thousands of
art works are to be returned to Nigeria.
“There are over 7,000 different pieces of
artefacts that Republic of Germany wants
to give back to Nigeria.”
Aduda added: “We have talked deep into
this that the reparation is not only at
giving back, but they are coming to put a
modern-day museum in Edo State. They
are training 25 curators who will man the
museum for sustainability.
“We have gone far and we are thinking
that this will be concluded in October this
year.
“We are hoping it will be a window to
reach out to other European countries to
return to us what was taken from us
years back.”
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