Multi billion Businessman, Aliko Dangote, has described the late former UN Secretary-General, Kofi Annan as someone who was an invaluable proponent of world peace.

In a tweet, The President of the Dangote group said: “My heartfelt condolences to the family of Kofi Annan. An invaluable proponent of world peace, justice, and equality. Humanity has lost a great champion of peace.”

An outpouring of heartfelt tributes has since flooded social media in the wake of the passing of former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

World leaders including President Nana Akufo-Addo, President Rashtrapati Bhavan of India, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, UN Secretary-General António Guterres, Amnesty Secretary- General Kumi Naidoo, Ireland’s Deputy Prime Minister Simon Coveney among others have taken to their Twitter handles to share tributes.

Mr Annan died at age 80 in Berne, Switzerland, on Saturday, 18 August 2018 after a short illness.

Kofi Annan served as the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations from January 1997 to December 2006.

He was the founder and chairman of the Kofi Annan Foundation, as well as chairman of The Elders, an international organization founded by Nelson Mandela.

He was survived by a wife and three children.

Check out Dangote's tweet below;