The family of the late NAFDAC boss Dora Akunyili
release details about her burial programme. She
will be buried on the 28th of August 2014.
Read the official statement;

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 Thursday, August 28, 2014.
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 4:00 p.m. on Friday,
August 22.

A Night of Tributes is to hold at
International Conference Centre Abuja
from 5:00 p.m. on Monday, August
25, while a Mass would be held for
her at Pro-Cathedral Catholic
Church, Abuja, by 10:00 a.m. the next
day, August 26.

After the Church Service, Dora’s body
would leave for Enugu, where there
would be a Mass at KSJ Temple at
4:00 p.m. After a High Requiem Mass
at Holy Ghost Cathedral Enugu at
9:00 a.m. the next day (Wednesday,
August 27), Dora’s body would be
taken to UNCOMA Hall, College of
Medicine, Ituku Ozalla, Enugu, for
Final College Assembly to start from
11:30 a.m. 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.

On Thursday, August 28, 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 10:00 a.m. Interment
at John Chike Akunyili’s Compound
follows at 1:30 p.m.

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.
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 Saturday,
June 7, after a two-year battle with
cancer.

Prof. (Mrs.) Akunyili, who was a
delegate to the on-going National
Conference in Abuja, would have
turned 60 on July 14, 2014.

Signed:
Dr. Chike Akunyili (Husband)
Enugu, Wednesday, July 31, 2014.

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