The National Commission for Museums and Monuments (NCMM) has been a foundational institutional partner to the TALE project, offering critical access, expertise, and guidance throughout our engagement with the Old Secretariat building. As the federal agency tasked with the preservation and management of Nigeria’s tangible and intangible heritage, NCMM’s support enabled the Creative Alliance to move from research into site-specific storytelling.

Under the leadership of Mr. Olugbile Holloway, Director General of the NCMM, the Commission facilitated our formal access to the Old Secretariat building, supporting our efforts to assess the site and conduct key elements of our documentary filming. His commitment to rethinking public engagement with heritage sites aligned closely with our goals of transforming historic architecture into living cultural spaces.

At the National Museum Lagos, Mrs. Nkechi Adedeji, Curator, offered an essential institutional perspective on the realities of heritage management today. Her insights into the policies and responsibilities that govern the stewardship of buildings like the Old Secretariat helped frame our project within the broader national context of cultural preservation, access, and public memory.

Mrs. Grace Ifeadi, Head of the Heritage Department at the museum, brought deep historical knowledge to the project, sharing context on the building’s past, its custodianship, and possible futures. Her contributions helped enrich both our understanding and our storytelling, adding nuance to the ways we approached the site’s layered narrative.

Together, the support of the NCMM—through its leadership and museum staff—has been integral to the TALE project’s unfolding, enabling us to ground our creative interventions in rigorous historical knowledge and institutional collaboration.