The Special Committee on the Museum of West African Art, MOWAA, led by former Edo State Governor and Senator representing Edo North, Adams Oshiomhole, has recommended that the museum project be returned to the Oba of Benin for management.
DAILY POST reports that Oshiomhole disclosed this on Thursday, August 20, 2026, while presenting the committee’s report to Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo, in Benin City.
The six-member committee was constituted by Governor Okpebholo on November 8, 2025 to investigate the operations, ownership and governance structure of the museum project.
Other members of the committee are Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu; Lucky Imasuen, former Deputy Governor of Edo State; Gen. Cecil Esekhaigbe (rtd); Prof. Roland Otaru; the Edo State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice; and Barr. Iryn Omorogiuwa, who served as secretary.
Presenting the report, Oshiomhole said the committee recommended that the project be returned to the Oba of Benin, stressing that political
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