国际英语资讯:Feature: Kofi Annan remembered in Ghana and beyond_时事

国际英语资讯:Feature: Kofi Annan remembered in Ghana and beyond

Ordinary Ghanaians like Eric Kwaku, a taxi driver, said Annan's achievements were a source of pride for Ghanaians.

"I felt proud when he rose to the secretary general position as a Ghanaian ... He did the best for the world," he told Xinhua in his native Twi language on Sunday.

Wosila Asumbe Abubakar, a level-100 student of the Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ), said the late secretary general's ascent to that position was great honor to Ghana.

"His death is a big blow to Ghana," the young student said. "He fought for peace around the world and was successful. It gives me a lot of inspiration."

Joseph Opoku, an estate developer, said Annan's achievements have been of great inspiration to his family, and he tried to let his children model their lives around that of the revered global statesman.

"I even visited his family home at Cape Coast and that of Kumasi, and so it is like, it became a sort of inspiration for me."

Inspired by Annan, Opoku said he decided to send all his children abroad after secondary education for them to get exposed to the world, make good use of opportunities out there and serve the world.

In 2004, the UN opened an international peacekeeping training center in Ghana's capital in honor of their serving secretary-general.

Emmanuel Kwesi Aning, Head of the Faculty of Academic Affairs and Research at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Center (KAIPTC), told Xinhua that: "Annan and Mandela epitomized the optimism and the hopes of the independence movement."