The Centre for Black and African Arts and Civilization has conferred an award of the 2022 most outstanding traditional ruler on Arts and Culture in Nigeria, on the Oba of Benin, His Royal Majesty, Oba Ewuare the Second, CFR.

The Centre is an agency of the Federal Government of Nigeria.

The prestigious award would be formally conferred on the Monarch in December, 2022, at the 45th anniversary of the Second Festival of Black Arts and Culture (FESTAC) and the Benin cultural heritage Benin warrior Queen Idia mask, which was adopted as the official emblem of FESTAC 77.

The Chief Press Secretary to the Oba of Benin, Osaigbovo Iguobaro, confirmed that the Director-General of the agency, Oluwabunmi Amao, announced the conferment of the award when she paid a courtesy visit to the Oba in Benin City, on Sunday.