Ennead Architects of New York City rendering of its design of new U.S. Consulate General in Lagos, Nigeria. (Credit: ennead)

By  Gary  Raynaldo     DIPLOMATIC  TIMES

The Department of State awarded a $319 million contract to Illinois-based contractor Pernix Group to build a new U.S. Consulate General in Lagos, Nigeria.  The 12.2-acre site for the new Consulate General is part of Eko Atlantic, a development led by South Energyx Nigeria Limited in collaboration with Lagos State.  The location will provide the future diplomatic campus and its neighbors with access to sustainable, modern infrastructure, including an 8.5 km seawall designed to protect the city from rising sea levels and coastal erosion.  Ennead Architects of New York, New York is the design architect.  The new Consulate General will provide a modern, resilient platform for diplomacy in Nigeria and is expected to be completed in 2027, according to the Department of State.  Pernix Group specialises in overseas building operations for the US government. Among its recent projects are embassies in Berlin and Maputo, Mozambique. 

Eko Atlantic Key To Turnaround in  Nigeria’s Economy 

The $319 Million U.S. Counsel General  Lagos project will be located on a 12.2-acre site in Eko Atlantic, a new coastal city being constructed on Victoria Island. (State Dept. Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations by Ennead Architects)

The new US Consulate General’s office to be built in Eko Atlantic City in Victoria Island, Lagos “is quite strategic to the development of the city”  –  BusinessDay.ng writes.  

Ronald Chagoury Jnr, Vice Chairman, South Energyx Nigeria told BusinessDay, during a tour of the city, that Eko Atlantic represented what was possible to bring a turnaround in Nigeria’s economy, explaining that all that the country needed to witness growth was to get it right in the critical sectors of the economy including oil and gas, health, education, housing and infrastructure.