Former Director General of the National Agency for Food and
Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) and ex minister of Information,
Professor Dora Akunyili, is dead. A close family source disclosed this to
Sahara reporters.
Prof. Akunyili died in
an India Hospital where she had been receiving treatment for an undisclosed
ailment. She was aged 59.
Dora Nkem
Akunyili was born July 14, 1954
in Makurdi, Benue State. She was the
former Director General of National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and
Control (NAFDAC) of Nigeria and former Nigerian Minister of Information and
Communications. She was a pharmacist and governmental administrator who has
gained international recognition and won hundreds of awards for her work in
pharmacology, public health and human rights.
Prof. Akunyili ran
for election as Senator for Anambra Central on the All Progressive Grand
Alliance[APGA] platform in April 2011 but was defeated by Chris Ngige of the
Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN).
May her soul rest in peace.
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