Family of the late Dora Akunyili has released details about the late former Minister’s burial programme.
The programme shows that she will be buried on August 28, 2014.
Read the official statement 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.
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.
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