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 contained in a
statement signed by her husband Dr Chike
Akunyili which was posted on her Facebook wall
this evening. Find it below...
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. Continue...
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.