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Washington Osa Osifo contends that the state government cannot house or control artefacts owned by other entities or private collectors
Our artefacts remind us of who we are. They tell more stories about our civilization than any attempt at intellectual historical reconstruction. They are indeed, active components of our present! We speak to the artefacts and they speak to us in mutually decodable idioms! This underscores the imperative of returning the looted Benin artefacts to the owners, because we find in them, the essence of our being and the concrete validation of our civilization far beyond aesthetics.
The ongoing debate over the moves by Edo State government to appropriate the proposed repatriated Bini artefacts has thrown up some legal issues. Although, the Governor of the State has not claimed proprietary rights over these artefacts, this is only but a bare-faced denial. Indeed, his proposals to take over the control and management of these artefacts through the Special P
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A coalition of Benin youth groups yesterday kicked against the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki’s move to build Edo Museum of West African Arts that will house the proposed repatriated artefacts.
The opposition by the youth groups came barely one week after Obaseki, during the 2021 National Commission for Museums and Monuments (NCMM), unveiled plans for Edo State Cultural District Pavilion in Benin-city.
However, in a statement jointly signed by the President, National Union of Edo South Youth, Osaghae Collins; President, Benin Solidarity Movement, Mr. Curtis Ugbor, and President, One Love Foundation, Patrick Elohor, vowed to resist any attempt by the state government to preside or decide where the artefacts to be received would to be housed.
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