Minister of Information says the ministry is liaising with Google to recapture archival materials kept in various agencies to preserve the country’s national heritage

    The Minister of Information, Culture and National Orientation, Lai Mohammed says the ministry is liaising with Google to recapture archival materials kept in various agencies to preserve the country’s national heritage.

   The minister disclosed this while defending the ministry’s budget before the Senate Committee on Information, said the ministry was also liaising with the German Government and other international organizations  to help preserve the materials.
Mohammed said that if nothing was done in that regard, the country may lose its heritage, thereby making it difficult for future generation to know about the country’s heritage.
   Earlier, the Chairman of the committee, Sen. Suleiman Adokwe advised the minister on the urgent need to recapture the materials in order not to lose them.
   According to him, most materials that ought to be used for reference purposes are being manhandled.