CAIRO – 27 January 2022: According to the PUNCH website, the Egyptian Government has offered to assist Nigeria in the preservation of the 1,130 looted Benin bronzes being expected in the country from Germany. Egypt Minister of Tourism and Antiquities, Khaled el-Enani, made the offer in Cairo, Egypt when the Nigerian Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, paid him a visit. Mohammed had led some private sector stakeholders involved in Digital Switch Over, to Afreximbank to assist them on how they can source funds to complete the wholly private sector financially driven project. The Egyptian minister said they were willing to deploy their wealth of experiences in antiquity preservation management to assist Nigeria in preserving the treasure being expected from Germany. The Egyptian Minister of Tourism & Antiquities Khaled el-Enani also offered to help Nigeria in the areas of capacity building, museum management and tourism statistics.
