Ghanaians pay their last respect to Kofi Annan [Photos]

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Ghanaians have thronged the Accra International Conference Centre to pay their last respect to late former Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN), Kofi Atta Annan.

He has been laid-in-state at the Accra International Conference Centre as the nation begins the three-day mourning.

Some heads of departments, associations, students, friends and loved ones in the public sphere are paying their last respect to the global icon.

Nana Brewuo III, Otumfuo’s Tudwono Krokrohene of Konongo of Asante-Akyem is also- present to mourn the man who was determined to make everyone live with one another in peace and harmony.

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“Kofi Annan lived a good life and Otumfour Osei Tutu II is ready to do whatever it takes to bid Kofi Atta Annan farewell on his journey home…” the spokesperson of Nana Brewuo III,  said.

Mr. Annan’s body arrived in Ghana on Monday, draped in a UN Flag aboard a chartered flight from Geneva, Switzerland.

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Today, former ministers of state, members of the diplomatic corps, Members of Parliament, ministers of state, members of the Council of State, members of the Mfantsipim Old Boys Association, chiefs and queen mothers, the Akwamuhene and his delegation and Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II’s delegation and the general public will also past Mr Annan’s remains.

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