The family of former Minister of Information and Communications, late
\nProf. (Mrs.) Dora Nkem Akunyili, has released a week-long programme of
\nactivities for her funeral, culminating in her burial on Thursday, August
\n28, 2014.<\/p>\n
The programme, released today in Enugu by Prof. Akunyili\u2019s husband, Dr.
\nChike Akunyili, starts with a Christian Wake-Keep at No. 2A Bishop
\nOnyeabor St., G.R.A. Enugu, to hold from 4:00 p.m. on Friday, August 22.<\/p>\n
A Night of Tributes is to hold at International Conference Centre Abuja
\nfrom 5:00 p.m. on Monday, August 25, while a Mass would be held for her at
\nPro-Cathedral Catholic Church, Abuja, by 10:00 a.m. the next day, August
\n26.<\/p>\n
After the Church Service, Dora\u2019s body would leave for Enugu, where there
\nwould be a Mass at KSJ Temple at 4:00 p.m. After a High Requiem Mass at
\nHoly Ghost Cathedral Enugu at 9:00 a.m. the next day (Wednesday, August
\n27), Dora\u2019s body would be taken to UNCOMA Hall, College of Medicine, Ituku
\nOzalla, Enugu, for Final College Assembly to start from 11:30 a.m. From
\nthere, the body would be taken to Awka for Anambra State Government
\nactivities, then to Dora\u2019s father\u2019s house in Nanka, before being returned
\nto her husband\u2019s house at Agulu for a Vigil Mass\/Wake-Keep.<\/p>\n
On Thursday, August 28, Dora\u2019s body would lie in state at John Chike
\nAkunyili\u2019s Compound before leaving for Agulu Town Hall, then Madonna
\nCatholic Church Agulu for a Requiem Mass to hold by 10:00 a.m. Interment
\nat John Chike Akunyili\u2019s Compound follows at 1:30 p.m.<\/p>\n
Dr. Akunyili in a statement expressed gratitude to Nigerians for their
\noutpouring of love and support for his family at this moment of grief.
\n\u201cThis has gone a great way in helping us to cope with the monumental loss
\nof our precious gem, my beloved wife, Dora,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
It would be recalled that Prof. (Mrs.) Akunyili, a former Director-General
\nof the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control
\n(NAFDAC), died last Saturday, June 7, after a two-year battle with cancer.<\/p>\n
Prof. (Mrs.) Akunyili, who was a delegate to the on-going National
\nConference in Abuja, would have turned 60 on July 14, 2014.<\/p>\n
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