The Oloja of Lagos –elect, Prince Abiola Kosoko, has sought a partnership with the United States Consulate for further development and preservation of King Kosoko’s palace and museum.
   
The appeal was made when the new Consul General of the United States Mission in Nigeria, Mr Rick Swart, paid a visit to the museum at Ereko, Lagos.
Swart, who took over from JoEllen Gorg in July, representing the U.S. government across 17 states in southern Nigeria, visited the facility along with his wife.
   
The visitors were welcomed by the General Secretary of the King Kosoko Royal Family of Lagos, Prince Sikiru Kosoko, who represented the head of the family, Alhaja Mutiat Abimbola Ashabi Alli-Balogun and the Oloja of Lagos-elect, among others.

While addressing the visitor, Kosoko hinted that the 163-year-old palace consists of a mini museum, where the late King Kosoko’s letters and business correspondences with Europeans, royal paraphernalia and his personal items are kept, and the main museum, which has hundreds of the late Lagos monarch’s relics, and other important items about Lagos and Nigeria.
 
He also showcased the items, including a letter written by a former American President to the late Prince Kosoko, the grandson of the late Oba Kosoko, who was a foremost photographer.
 
In his brief remarks, Swart, who thanked the family for giving him the opportunity to visit the museum, said it was a wonderful place, which has so much history, adding: “Meeting all of you today has really brought us to life.”
 
Swart, who is overseeing the American nation’s efforts at deepening trade, strengthening ties with Nigerians, and advancing key U.S.-Nigeria priorities in the region, is a career diplomat who previously served as the Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Chad.
 His past assignments have taken him to Congo, Burundi, Iraq, Geneva, London, Manila, and Dubai, among others.