The Edo State Commissioner for Arts, Culture and Creative Economy, Chris Okaeben, on Wednesday said the return of the Edo Museum of West African Art and the Oba Akenzua Cultural Centre to the Oba of Benin by the state government were two major policy decisions taken by Governor Monday Okpebholo.
The commissioner stated this at the bi-monthly press briefing of the state Ministry of Information and Strategy in Benin City.
He said contrary to claims that the European Union invested in the Museum of West African Art, it was established that the EU only gave a grant in support of the project.
He added that the Edo State Government, apart from providing the land, invested N3.8bn in MOWAA, which would now revert to its original name, EMOWA.
Okaeben described Okpebholo’s administration as a blessing to the people of Edo, alleging that the state’s traditional and cultural values had been eroded
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