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.