We thought for a long time that a notable characteristic of British officials was a certain diplomatic approach but on hearing MacGregor and his associates, we start thinking that this assessment perhaps requires a drastic revision, if not, a total reverse.

The Nigerian artist has established his stand very firmly in the nation and happy to know that the industry is acknowledged by the government of the day but why is the government not showing enough interest in the affairs of the industry?

The Art Galleries Association of Nigeria (AGAN) a body formed for the purpose of protecting the individual, collective, private, corporate and national interest of everyone connected with the business of arts, crafts, antiques, artifacts and other cultural products is poised to rebrand the image of the country through arts.

The historic British Expedition of 1897, which led to the looting of more than 900 cultural artifacts from the palace of Oba Ovoranwem by the British invading forces was one military expedition that launched Benin, the capital of Edo State in world historical map.

It seems there is nobody in the whole of Great Britain who can persuade the Director of the British Museum, Neil MacGregor, to refrain from making atrocious statements about cultural matters, especially about cultural objects of others which have been looted or removed under dubious circumstance and brought to the British Museum.