A Subsidiary Committee of the Meeting of State Parties to the 1970 Convention on
the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer
of Ownership of Cultural Property has elected Nigerian representative, Prof
Folarin Shyllon to serve as Vice Chairman.
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Prof Folarin Shyllon |
According to a statement from the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and National Orientation, Folarin’s new job “was part of the outcomes of the First Session of the Committee held at the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris”.
Nigerian delegation, the statement added was
led by the Permanent Delegate and
Ambassador of Nigeria to UNESCO, Mariam
Katagum, Prof Shyllon, Mr. Augustus Ajibola of the Ministry, Director-General
of National Commission for Museums and Monuments, Mallam Yusuf Abdallah Usman
and two other staff of the Commission.
“The Minister
of Tourism, Culture and National Orientation, Chief Edem Duke lauded the
election of Nigeria into the committee stressing that the development has put Nigeria in a strategic position to drive efforts aimed at addressing the challenge of illicit
import, export and transfer of ownership of cultural property at the national
and international levels”.
This is definitely a deserving election of a leading specialist on a subject that still has to be widely known by the public. Governments that are half-hearted on issues of cultural property matter should be encouraged to do more
ReplyDeleteKwame Opoku.