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.