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The Consulate-General of Nigeria in New York has taken custody of three Benin and Ife artefacts from the Metropolitan Museum of Art (MET) in New York.<\/p>\n

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Director-General, National Commission for Museums and Monuments (NCMM), Prof. Abba Tijjani, received the artefacts from the museum in company of the Consul-General of Nigeria in New York, Amb. Lot Egopija.<\/p>\n

NAN also reports that the MET currently houses about 160 works of arts from Nigeria, which were mostly donated by individuals who were said to have acquired them in the art market.<\/p>\n

Tijjani, who later signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with MET, commended the museum for returning the artefacts<\/a> to Nigeria, urging other museums in possession of Nigerian artefacts to follow its exemplary gesture.<\/p>\n

The director-general said the issue of repatriation was now at the heart of the people looking at museums particularly in Europe that these artefacts were not their own yet they displayed them.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are looking forward to collaborating with the MET because we cannot exist in an island, for example, the museum cannot be working in Nigeria without collaborating with partners outside the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, we are looking forward to collaborating with MET now that we are friends and we understand each other and we want to see how we can work together,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have about 52 museums across the country under the commission, and we have 65 monuments and sites and staff working in the museums will require modern training.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

Similarly, Tijjani called for collaboration between MET and NCMM on exhibition, scholarship and capacity building of the staff and getting the required curators<\/p>\n

Noting that exhibition is key to reaching out to the public, he said \u201cNigeria is very passionate about the way it exhibits its artefacts and we feel that it will be good if we collaborate and rob minds when it comes to joint exhibitions.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is a need for us to exhibit our works in a way that we understand it and we want people to understand these artefacts too,\u2019\u2019 he said<\/p>\n

The director-general said he was looking forward to signing Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with MET in those areas and other areas of mutual areas.<\/p>\n

Also speaking, MET Director, Max Hollein said the shared commitment to future exchanges of programmes would form part of the MoU.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have we had long lasting relationships, the museum is committed to a responsible process in collaborating in areas of standards as well as to study works that have been in our collection.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s an ongoing effort to learn to exchange and to find the right solutions,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n

Hollein said MET would be pleased to initiate the return of Nigeria\u2019s works and remain \u201ccommitted to transparency and the responsible collecting of cultural property\u201d.<\/p>\n

He said the signing of the MoU was a meaningful way to show dedication of MET with NCMM, adding the possibility to exchange more on different levels on scholarship, exhibitions and other ideas that we might have together.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe at the MET are so pleased to establishing the framework of exchange with Nigeria and we are looking forward to collaborating together,\u2019\u2019 Hollein said.<\/p>\n

NAN reports that the two 16th-century Benin brass plaques and the 14th-century Ife brass head were later taken to the Consulate-General of Nigeria in New York for eventual return to Nigeria at a later date.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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