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DORA AKUNYILI FINALLY GOES HOME AUG.28; FAMILY RELEASES BURIAL PROGRAMME

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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.
The programme was
released Wednesday in a statement issued in Enugu by Prof. Akunyili’s husband,
Dr. Chike Akunyili.
According to the
statement, the burial programme starts with a Christian Wake-Keep at No. 2A
Bishop Onyeabor St., G.R.A. Enugu from 4:p.m. on Friday, August 22.
Also, a Night of
Tributes is to hold at the 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 10a.m. the next day, August 26.
The statement said
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 am 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.
According to the
statement, 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 the
statement expressed gratitude to Nigerians for their outpouring of love and
support for his family at this moment of grief.
It would be
recalled that Prof. Akunyili, a former Director-General of the National Agency
for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), died on Saturday, June
7, after a two-year battle with cancer. Prof. Akunyili, who
was a delegate to the on-going National Conference in Abuja, would have turned
60 on July 14.
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