

MasterwebNews 22/4/18 – Enugu to exploit world`s oldest iron smelting site
[ Masterweb Reports: Tony Adibe reports ] – The Enugu State government has taken steps to protect and exploit the iron smelting site discovered at Otobo Ugwudinoke, Lejja in Nsukka Local Government Area of the state.
Addressing journalists after a presentation made to the State Executive Council by an Associate Professor in the Department of Archaeology, University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN), Dr. Pamela Eze-Uzomaka, the Commissioner for Culture and Tourism, Rita Mbah said the Lejja iron smelting site is "one of the oldest in the world, which dates back to about 2000 BC."
Mbah said that the Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi-led administration was "passionate, committed and delighted" at the revelation made by Dr. Eze-Uzomaka, who she said has been carrying out research on the site.
The commissioner announced that the council has in a quick response to the presentation, set up a three-man committee that would visit the site and devise the best means of protecting it "as a world heritage centre."
According to her, the state government intends to construct the road leading to the site to be able to exploit its natural contents as "a tourism site and money spinning venture," noting that a lot of other benefits are accruable from it.
*Photo Caption – As seen.

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