On display at the venue of the photo exhibition were photos documenting his revolutionary career and undying exploits.

Also displayed there were photos showing successes achieved by the service personnel and people of the DPRK in building a thriving nation and the true picture of Songun Korea.

"The Tower of the Juche Idea", "The Arch of Triumph" and other Korean films were shown at the film shows.

Hessou Kohovi, chairman of the Benin national preparatory committee for celebrating the 103rd birth anniversary of President Kim Il Sung, praised him as the prominent leader who built the DPRK into a socialist power with independence in politics, self-support in economy and self-reliance in national defence.

Pascal Zouncheme, secretary general of the above-said Benin national preparatory committee, said that the President devoted his all to the people, regarding believing in them as in Heaven as his motto all his life.

Though the President passed away, his idea and cause are always shining like the sun, the secretary general noted.

Nigerian personages of the Franoson Mannyon International Company LTD. and a foodstuff company in Lagos said that the President founded the Juche idea, Songun idea and organized the anti-Japanese armed struggle to achieve the historic cause of liberating Korea. They praised the validity and vitality of the immortal Juche idea which indicates the way for the human cause of independence.

A congratulatory message to Marshal Kim Jong Un was adopted at the joint meeting held in Benin.