UNKNOWN to most, the late and beloved Prof. Dora Nkem Akunyili (OFR) was born in Markurdi, Benue State on July 14, 1954 to Chief and Mrs. Paul Young Edemobi. She was blessed with six children and three grandchildren. Akunyili died in India on June 7, 2014 after a long battle with cancer.

Akunyili was an internationally renowned pharmacist, pharmacologist, erudite scholar, seasoned administrator and a visionary leader. She had her early elementary education at St. Patrick’s Primary School, Isuofia, Anambra in 1966 and then proceeded to Queen of Rosary Secondary School, Nsukka, Enugu State in 1973.

Her exceptional grades in the First School Leaving Certificate and West African School Certificate earned her the Eastern Government Post Primary Scholarship and the Federal Government of Nigeria Undergraduate scholarship. She obtained her first degree in Pharmacology in 1978 and got her Ph.D in 1985 from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka.

Dora Akunyili was a post graduate fellow of University of London and a fellow of the West African Post Graduate College of Pharmacists. She was also a fellow of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria, member of the New York Academy of Science, International Narcotics Control Board, United States Pharmacopeia Expert Committee, Association of African Medicinal Plant Standards, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition, Medicines for Malaria Venture and International Council Control.

She served as director general of National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) from 2001-2008 where she recorded outstanding successes. She brought in a new culture of excellence and honesty and as a result, the level of fake and counterfeit drugs in circulation dropped by a measurable degree.

Akunyili also worked as the Minister of Information and Communication between 2008- 2010 where she anchored the Re-branding Nigeria Project. Dora Akunyili, during her life time had the highest number of awards received by any Nigerian living or dead.

http://fabinfos.com/full-biography-of-late-prof-dora-akunyili/

SO WHAT WILL HER BIOGRAPHY SOLVE NOW?

Please how did she contract the Syphilis that killed her?

na wa ooo

Keep resting



Life is vanity

I am sure many Nigerians wish that she is alive now that we have another Yar'Adua in Aso Rock of London.
What a pity.

GloriaNinja:
SO WHAT WILL HER BIOGRAPHY SOLVE NOW?

alll the solutions you have been getting , how have they made the country better for u ?

Remember the living NOT the dead
!!!

Rip

GloriaNinja:
SO WHAT WILL HER BIOGRAPHY SOLVE NOW?

On your cone ewedu filled afonja skull

Continue to rest in peace!

RIP

Dora Akunyili.....
A rare gem

Keep on resting

Wow 3 years already? RIP

DORA DORA, RIP

valx2:
Pray that you will even have a biography after you've gone

Good answer.

sleep mama

GloriaNinja:
SO WHAT WILL HER BIOGRAPHY SOLVE NOW?

BETTER THAN THE MERcy aigbe and toke makinwa stories that have not solved ur problems.

cant u see u are still poor?

Rest well Ma'am!

GloriaNinja:
SO WHAT WILL HER BIOGRAPHY SOLVE NOW?

ITS SO FUNN, BUT THIS BIOGRAPHY IS MEANT ESPECIALLY FOR PEOPLE LIKE YOU WHO CAN'T READ LONG ESSAYS OR APPRECIATE GREAT LIVES EHO HAS MADE A GREAT IMPACT IN LIVES, INCLUDING YOUR LOW-IMPACR LIFE.
JUST IMAGINE UR QUESTION, IS IT EVERYTHING U JOKE ABOUT?
DO YOU HOW MUCH THIS GREAR WOMAN'S HARD WORK HAS SAVED YOU & YOUR FAMILY'S LIVES? DO YOU UNDERSTAND THE LIVES THIS WOMAN SAVED & IS STILL SAVING BY HER BRAVE & COURAGEOUS FIGHT AGAINST THE EVIL DRUG CABAL IN THE EAST & ELSEWHERE?

HABA?!!!
CAN U PLEASE IDENTIFY TO US ONE SINGLE ACHIEVEMENT YOU'VE MADE FIRST TO YOUR SELFISH LIFE, NOT EVEN FOR THE GOOD OF HUMANITY?
IF YOU CAN'T ANSWER MY QUESTIONS, PLS APOLOGIZE TO THIS HEROIN & PHARMACEUTICAL LEGEND & THEN KEEP YOUR UNGUARDED TRAP SHUT!!!

HABA!!!!!

mtchewww

Whoever that is working in their respective department always hit the 6 feet in one way or another

Dora, Gen Azazi, Ex Pres. yaradua et al


R.I.P brave men.

Buhari must surely pay for this woman's death