Family announces burial arrangement for late Prof. Dora Akunyili

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;"> <br /></h3> <div class="post-header" style="margin: 0px 0px 1em;"> <div class="post-header-line-1"> </div> </div> <div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4955703056594276936" itemprop="description articleBody" style="position: relative; width: 616px;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJpoKzUVY47ZrrPyzAH53lOKy_1IM6a9u36e42EBpek3iSKps7uXP2K4kfTXzK_1Ve79Pu7xH2yuaagGwbrpIcK5rg9TZ0PcK7n1HDoBs1dHJjyQnUxUsQDSVI04INpdLy3zql0VAmMWA/s1600/Dora-Akinyuli.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(153, 0, 0); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px;" width="272" /><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinsYON3C9eoIfnDqoEp_B2Bs38IziMOoucyHLZxSr7dARaV1ReX9cnsAeCxFjYLNav4zqXHgE0fEIRuwvPy0v9zMdJsP-JBNSyZYzDoYaWa2Xkhl0YnXROu0VaVehqeyNIO4ksC2CSIQE/s1600/3.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(153, 0, 0); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px;" width="231" /></span></div> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The burial arrangement for late NAFDAC boss Prof. Dora Akunyili has been announced by her family. The burial arrangement is contained in a statement signed by her husband Dr Chike Akunyili which was posted on her Facebook wall this evening. Find it below...</span><blockquote class="tr_bq"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The family of former Minister of Information and Communications, late Prof. (Mrs.) Dora Nkem Akunyili, has released a week-long programme of activities for her funeral, culminating in her burial on <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1193821097" tabindex="0">Thursday, August 28, 2014</span>.</span></blockquote> <blockquote class="tr_bq"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The programme, released today in Enugu by Prof. Akunyili’s husband, Dr. Chike Akunyili, starts with a Christian Wake-Keep at No. 2A Bishop Onyeabor St., G.R.A. Enugu, to hold from <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1193821098" tabindex="0">4:00 p.m. on Friday, August 22</span>. Continue...<a href="" name="more"></a></span></blockquote> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">A Night of Tributes is to hold at International Conference Centre Abuja from <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1193821099" tabindex="0">5:00 p.m. on Monday, August 25</span>, while a Mass would be held for her at Pro-Cathedral Catholic Church, Abuja, by <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1193821100" tabindex="0">10:00 a.m.</span> the next day, <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1193821101" tabindex="0">August 26</span>.<br /><br />After the Church Service, Dora’s body would leave for Enugu, where there would be a Mass at KSJ Temple at <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1193821102" tabindex="0">4:00 p.m.</span> After a High Requiem Mass at Holy Ghost Cathedral Enugu at <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1193821103" tabindex="0">9:00 a.m.</span> the next day (<span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1193821104" tabindex="0">Wednesday, August 27</span>), Dora’s body would be taken to UNCOMA Hall, College of Medicine, Ituku Ozalla, Enugu, for Final College Assembly to start from <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1193821105" tabindex="0">11:30 a.m.</span> From there, the body would be taken to Awka for Anambra State Government activities, then to Dora’s father’s house in Nanka, before being returned to her husband’s house at Agulu for a Vigil Mass/Wake-Keep.<br /><br />On <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1193821106" tabindex="0">Thursday, August 28</span>, Dora’s body would lie in state at John Chike Akunyili’s Compound before leaving for Agulu Town Hall, then Madonna Catholic Church Agulu for a Requiem Mass to hold by <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1193821107" tabindex="0">10:00 a.m.</span>Interment at John Chike Akunyili’s Compound follows at <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1193821108" tabindex="0">1:30 p.m.</span><br /><br />Dr. Akunyili in a statement expressed gratitude to Nigerians for their outpouring of love and support for his family at this moment of grief. “This has gone a great way in helping us to cope with the monumental loss of our precious gem, my beloved wife, Dora,” he said.<br /><br />It would be recalled that Prof. (Mrs.) Akunyili, a former Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), died last <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1193821109" tabindex="0">Saturday, June 7</span>, after a two-year battle with cancer.<br /><br />Prof. (Mrs.) Akunyili, who was a delegate to the on-going National Conference in Abuja, would have turned 60 on July 14, 2014.<br /><br />Signed:<br />Dr. Chike Akunyili (Husband)<br />Enugu, <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1193821110" tabindex="0">Wednesday, July 31, 2014</span>.</span></div> </div>

Family announces burial arrangement for late Prof. Dora Akunyili

The burial arrangement for late NAFDAC boss Prof. Dora Akunyili has been announced by her family. The burial arrangement is contai...

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