Prof Dora Akunyili’s Family Releases Burial Programmes ‘For The Unsung Senator Anambra Never Had’

                           

Odogwuemekaodogwu.blogspot.com reports that the husband of former Minister of Information and Communications, late Prof. (Mrs.) Dora Nkem Akunyili, Dr Chike Akunyili  will address a world press conference in his Agulu residence Saturday to announce the burial plans for the late Icon.

But odogwuemekaodogwu.blogspot.com got a release on a week-long programme of activities for her funeral, culminating in her burial on Thursday, August 28, 2014 released today in Enugu by Prof. Akunyili’s husband, Dr. Chike Akunyili.
The programme informs that a Christian Wake-Keep will hold at No. 2A Bishop Onyeabor St., G.R.A. Enugu from 4:00 p.m. on Friday, August 22 while a night of Tributes is to hold at International Conference Centre Abuja from 5:00 p.m. on Monday, August 25
Another  Mass would be held for her at Pro-Cathedral Catholic Church, Abuja, by 10:00 a.m. the next day, August 26 before  Dora’s remains  would leave for Enugu, where there would be a Mass at KSJ Temple at 4:00 p.m and  a High Requiem Mass at Holy Ghost Cathedral Enugu at 9:00 a.m. the next day (Wednesday, August 27).
Dora’s remains 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 Saturday, June 7, after a two-year battle with cancer.

Her last official engagement was Anambra delegate to the National Conference in Abuja,  and she would have turned 60 on July 14, 2014 was it not death that snatched her away from Nigeria .