ICOMOS-Nigeria President on Official Visit to Cameroon

ICOMOS-Nigeria President, Mr Aliyu Lass Abdu, was invited by the Cameroonian government to participate in the ICOMOS evaluation mission of the nomination for the cultural landscape of Diy Gid Biy of the Mandara Mountains (extension of the Sukur Cultural Landscape World Heritage Site), which took place from 11-18 September 2022.

During this mission, he met and briefed colleagues on the progress and development of ICOMOS-Nigeria’s activities. This was particularly timely as the statutes of ICOMOS-Cameroon had recently been approved by the Board of ICOMOS, and the national committee is looking forward to collaborating with its Nigerian counterpart.

Mr Lass shared copies of the CVI-Sukur report with: the president of ICOMOS-Cameroon, Prof. R. N Asombang; the ICOMOS expert on the evaluation mission, Prof. Ibrahim Thiaw; and the representative of the Cameroon Ministry of Arts and Culture Cameroon, Ms Alice Biada.

Returning through Yola, Adamawa State, the President used the opportunity to distribute the CVI reports to ICOMOS-Nigeria’s partners, CVI-Sukur workshop participants and Sukur community members present in Adamawa State. He presented copies to the American University of Nigeria (AUN); Adamawa State government agencies and the National museum yola/ Site manager of Sukur; Hidi and the Kinjir Foundation.