BREAKING NEWS: ONWU AMA EGBU! Dr. Dora Akunyili Is Dead!

Late Dr. Dora Nkem Akunyili 
This is a sad weekend for Nigeria and Nigerians. While Nigeria is still mourning the death of the respected Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Bayero, another sad news just filtered in from far away India. Really sad one!
Ex-Minister of Information, Prof. Dora Akunyili has passed on. She died after battling with an undisclosed but deadly ailment that saw her lose so much weight that got are well wishers worried in the last few months. Dr. Akunyili died in an India Hospital where she has been receiving treatment. She died aged 59.
Dora Nkem Akunyili was born on July 14, 1954 in Makurdi, Benue State. She was the former Director General of Nigeria's National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) and former Nigerian Minister of Information and Communications. 
She was a pharmacist and governmental administrator who gained international recognition and won hundreds of awards for her work in pharmacology, public health and human rights.
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).
Recently she was selected as a member of the on going National Confab in Abuja. She will be missed by all her loving fans and well-wishers.
May her soul rest in the bosom of the Lord Amen.

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