Ahead of International Anti-Corruption Day, celebrated each year on December 9, the High Authority for Good Governance (HABG) made a significant institutional appearance at the opening ceremony of the 8th colloquium of the Nihidaley Festival, held on Wednesday, December 3, 2025, at the House of Traditional Chiefs of Tonpki. The event provided an opportunity to strengthen the promotion of integrity, responsibility, and good governance among participants.
Presided over by Abdallah Mabri Toikeusse, Chairman of the Festival’s Board of Directors, and sponsored by Minister-Governor Albert Flindé, the ceremony brought together a large delegation from the Academy of Sciences, Arts, African Cultures and Diasporas (ASCAD), traditional chiefs of Tonpki, and many cultural stakeholders.
Representing the festival’s high patron, the President of the HABG, Zoro Bi Ballo Épiphane, the institution’s Secretary General, Diamouténé Oumar Doh, delivered a message firmly rooted in the national vision of good governance.
“The HABG, mandated to fight corruption in Côte d’Ivoire, takes advantage of this overlap between the Nihidaley Festival and International Anti-Corruption Day on December 9 to reinforce the promotion of integrity, responsibility, and good governance,” he said.
The HABG Secretary General highlighted that the 2025 global theme, “Unite Against Corruption: Shaping Integrity for Tomorrow,” aligns closely with the colloquium’s theme on cultural and interethnic alliances. Indeed, the fight against corruption—grounded in principles of honesty, morality, and ethics—fits perfectly within the framework of interethnic alliances, which serve as pillars of Ivorian cultural cohesion and uphold these same values.
“This is a key opportunity to raise awareness among young people and encourage them to embrace these cultural foundations in order to build responsible, anti-corruption behavior,” he added.
By associating its mission with a major cultural event such as the Nihidaley Festival, the HABG reiterates that the fight against corruption is not only institutional: it is also social, cultural, and community-driven.
Interethnic alliances, the central theme of the colloquium, represent an essential foundation of solidarity, shared responsibility, and mutual respect—key values that can be leveraged to strengthen public integrity.
This intervention marks the launch of a series of awareness-raising activities planned for International Anti-Corruption Day on December 9, aimed at reinforcing the engagement of all components of society around transparency and good governance.