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| The Public convenience at the National Museum Jos |
Mrs. Bolcit Byanyiko, Curator, National Museum Jos has been commended by the public for what they (members of the public) have observed as sustained efforts, passionate and high level of commitment continuously exhibited by her as the team lead of the Jos Museum management.
They noted as part of their observation, her desire to impact enduringly on the physical environment of the 72 years old museum, established in 1952, 8 years before Nigeria got her independence from the British colonial masters, in 1960.
The tourism enthusiasts, friends and visitors, lovers and guests of the Museum, variously expressed their happiness with the Curator over what some of them referred to as noticeable improvements via the renovation of an existing block, a “public convenience” facility; and the emergence of a traditional structure at one of the native compounds within the Jos museum premises.
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| Curator, National Museum Jos |
Mr. Frank Oyebanji, while speaking to Scoreline identified the newly renovated block that is housing the public convenience: toilet/urinary facility, and ensuring that water is always available as a very good omen and a major achievement of Mrs. Byanyiko’s led management at the National Museum Jos. According to him, this is a clear demonstration of how decent she is, first as a woman, and secondly as a manager of a public event facility. Her action in this regard tells a lot about her person and the type of environment she wants in this place.
Mrs. Monica Barau when prompted to lend her own voice with regard to the observed developments at Jos Museum premises, also identified with the newly renovated facility.
According to her, "on no account should a tourist approach the administrative blocks of the museum or access any of the offices attached to the administrative staff before he/she can ease himself or herself.
"By this singular action, the Curator National Museum Jos has proven to the public that she is a woman of quality. Indeed the curator is a huge honour to womanhood. It is only a child that needs further explanation from me on this matter to understand what I mean. By her decision to bounce back this public convenience at this museum, the Curator has made an audacious statement as a woman. Let’s just leave it at that, she concluded.
Another enthusiastic, obviously appreciative but very proud observer of events at the Jos museum premises informed Scoreline that she has been following keenly the activities within the Jos museum premises targeted at giving the old museum premises a face lift, and was attracted particularly by the effort to put to use the completely abandoned facility dedicated for public use whenever it is time for natures assignment. No one that compromises that assignment that is comfortable afterwards. You know it, I know it and other people know it.
A sad commentary of this report came from a woman who said: I once visited the museum and was enjoying the environment, until I had the need to respect the call of nature, which I did not regard as anything initially, but at a point it was very glaring that I was in for a very deadly blow.
"That experience was not a palatable one for me, and since that day I have not cared or rather dared visiting the National Museum Jos again. My conclusion after that incident was, Jos Museum as a public place was not meant for the women. I guess you know what I mean, she concluded.
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| Structures at the Rigwe compound |
"My attention was attracted basically by one of the traditional architecture works located at the place that I was told is the compound of the Rigwe Nation, and that it was newly erected... so captivatingly beautiful.
"The excitement that was associated with the environment of the museum was almost marred by what was at a point a bad news, but… really don’t know how to put it now.
"Suddenly, I had the need to ease myself. On the basis of this I quickly made an enquiry, and I was told that there was no public convenience in the compound, but I didn’t bother, I guess because I thought what I heard or rather made out of the statement “there is no public convenience in the compound” was my mistaking believe that the reference was specifically on the Rigwe compound, but was immediately corrected. How wrong I was. At this point I was not myself again. The fun I was having became instantaneously a terrible thing, sort of.
"But out of the blues, help came through someone who corrected the earlier narrative and information it carried with a different version of the story. This time around, I was told there is a public convenience at the museum but that I was going to pay.
"I made that move and it was true. There was a public for convenience. I paid; I used the place and I became relaxed and got my joy back.
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