Kalilou Traoré, the ambassador of Cote D’ ivoire to Nigeria, in Abuja, said he would continue to support the celebration of ‘Cote D’ivoire Cultural Day in Nigeria.
The ambassador said the event is an occasion to franchising with Ivorian community and Nigerian Attiéké to celebrate cultural patrimony of Côte D’ivoire Day.
According to the ambassador, this is an avenue to foster better relations through the indigenous food called ‘attieke’.
“This is a very good day to franchise with organisers of the event and owner of Attiéké Republic; this is an occasion to celebrate cultural patrimony of Côte D’ivoire to Nigeria.
” This is also an occasion to show fraternity, to show many exhibition in makers and sellers arts, sculptures, designers, Ivorian wrapper, gastronomy (especially Attiéké food),” he said.
He commended the organiser of the event for “this wonderful initiative” , adding that they will continue to promote Ivorian culture in Nigeria.
“This event is organised to promote Cote D’Ivoire Cultural Day. I want to thank the organiser of ‘Attiéké Republic’ for the wonderful initiative.
“We will continue to encourage him to elevate the culture of Cote D’Ivoire; I will continue to support him as the ambassador.
“We also make sure this event is well known in every part of Nigeria, to all ECOWAS people, diplomacy people; this is to strengthen our relationship with Nigerians,” he said.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the second edition of the event also tagged ‘Cote D’Ivoire Cultural Day”, is organised by the Attiéké Republic restaurant in conjunction with the embassy and ECOWAS.
The theme of the event is ‘Our culture, our identity’.
The event featured different Ivorian delicacies such as attiéké with roasted or smoked or fried fish, attiéké with chicken Banga soup, groundnut soup, white rice, millet pap, among others.
The organiser of the second edition of the event, Meudié Seudo, told NAN that it was to showcase snd promote Ivorian culture through food delicacies and fashion designs.
He said the edition was more interesting than the first, saying he was happy that the ambassador attended in person to be part of the event.
“The ambassador could not come in the first edition and he was well represented but in this edition, he came in person, this made my day for seeing him here.
He said the event was designed to hold every three months, to have a good relationship with Nigerians.
Stephanie Seudo, the wife of the organiser, said she was happy to see the crowd celebrating the event.
“I especially thank the media for making our day and publising the event, we have greater events ahead of us,” she said.
NAN reports that the event was attended by some people from the ECOWAS secretariat, American embassy, European Union and the Ivorian community.
The event is to showcase the musical, social, cultural art, and other ways of unifying communities of different cultures in Nigeria.
Attiéké is a native food of Cote D’Ivoire, which had also spread to different countries like Ghana, Guinea, Mali, Burkina Faso, Gambia and Nigeria.
it has been used to foster community relations and cultural exchanges.(NAN)
