The President, Society of Nigerian Archivists (SNA), Prof.
Olutayo Adesina, has disclosed that Nigeria lags among developing countries of
the world at the occasion of 2017 International Archives Day (IAD), reports
ITRealms.
Prof. Adesina said it was a monumental tragedy that a
country that boasts of treasure troves of records and documents in the past had
confined its archives to the dustbin of history, citing the deplorable state of
the National Archives as a result of poor funding.
The SNA president, while commending the governments of
Lagos, Sokoto and Bayelsa States for instituting efficient archives, however,
called on Federal and other State governments to pay more attention to the
collection and preservation of archives through requisite funding, recognition
and proper remuneration of archivists and record managers.
He challenged NGOs and private individuals to support the
campaign by the SNA to revive the nation's decaying archives.
"We must now begin to think of our archives as tools of
community and national empowerment rather than irrelevant custodians of the
relics of the past. More than ever, we now need to think critically and
imaginatively about how to handle the archives in the 21st century. The long
term sustenance of the archives should therefore be a collective
responsibility," he said.
Uj. N. Dom/GEE
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