Late Prof Dora Akunyili's Final Resting place. Source: odogwuemekaodogwu.com
All is almost set for the final journey of the former Minister of Information and
Communications, Prof. Dora Akunyili. The programme of events released to the press by her husband, Dr.
Chike Akunyili, revealed that her burial will start on Monday, August 25, 2014
with a night of tributes in Abuja at the International Conference
Centre, followed by a mass on Tuesday, August 26, at Our Lady
Queen of Nigeria Cathedral, Garki.
Then the burial train will move on Wednesday, August 26, to Enugu where she spent a good part of her life for a burial mass at the Holy Ghost Cathedral. Her remains will be interred at Agulu, her husband’s hometown in Anambra State on Thursday, August 28, after a burial mass at Madonna Catholic Church, Agulu. She died at the age of 59 in an Indian hospital two months ago after a protracted battle with cancer.
Then the burial train will move on Wednesday, August 26, to Enugu where she spent a good part of her life for a burial mass at the Holy Ghost Cathedral. Her remains will be interred at Agulu, her husband’s hometown in Anambra State on Thursday, August 28, after a burial mass at Madonna Catholic Church, Agulu. She died at the age of 59 in an Indian hospital two months ago after a protracted battle with cancer.
She was born to the family of late Chief Edemobi, a businessman of Nanka, Anambra State.
She married Dr. Chike Akunyili of Agulu, a neighbouring community. They were blessed with children and grandchildren.
Akunyili was a first class pharmacy graduate of the University of Nigeria. She was as the Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, (NAFDAC), between 2001 and 2010 she fought hard against drug counterfeiters and raised the consciousness of Nigerians to the need to watch out for fake and substandard drugs.
Akunyili was a first class pharmacy graduate of the University of Nigeria. She was as the Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, (NAFDAC), between 2001 and 2010 she fought hard against drug counterfeiters and raised the consciousness of Nigerians to the need to watch out for fake and substandard drugs.
Source: The Punch
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