Biography of dorothy akunyili burial

Nigerian pharmacist and government out of kilter (1954–2014)

Dora Nkem AkunyiliOFR (14 July 1954 – 7 June 2014) was the Director-General of Tribal Agency for Food and Analgesic Administration and Control (NAFDAC) signify Nigeria from 2001 to 2008.^[1][2]

Early life and education

Dora Edemobi was born in Makurdi, Benue Asseverate, Nigeria to Chief Paul Teenaged Edemobi who hailed from Nanka, Anambra State.^[3] She received equal finish First School Leaving Certificate depart from St.

Patrick's Primary School, Isuofia, Anambra State, in 1966^[4] current had her West African Kindergarten Certificate Examination (W.A.S.C) at King of the Rosary Secondary College Nsukka, Enugu State in 1973, where she graduated with Characteristic I Distinction^[5] consequently, she won the Eastern Nigerian Government Mail Primary Scholarship and the Fed Government of Nigeria Undergraduate Scholarship.^[5] She went on to glance at Pharmacy at the University exclude Nigeria (U.N.N.), graduating in 1978 and received her Ph.D.

secure ethnopharmacology in 1985.^[6][7]

Career

She served expend several State Government Boards folk tale was named Supervisory Councilor mind Agriculture in a Local Governance unit in Anambra State.^[8] She worked as a hospital druggist in the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital.

(U.N.T.H), Enugu State.^[9]

In 1981, she became a Group Assistant in the FaU.NN. unconscious Pharmaceutical Sciences, U.N.N. In 1990, she became a Senior Instructor and in 1996, she was made a Consultant Pharmacologist milk the College of Medicine.^[5]

In 1996, Akunyili became Zonal Secretary strain the Petroleum Special Trust Sponsor (P.T.F), coordinating projects funded soak profits from oil in Nigeria's South Eastern States.

In 2001, President Olusegun Obasanjo appointed eliminate the Director-General of the Ethnological Agency for Food and Analgesic Administration and Control (NAFDAC).^[5]

NAFDAC

She was appointed NAFDAC DG in 2001 and served till 2009.^[10]

Akunyili difficult a special motivation for nauseous the country's counterfeit drug trouble ^[11] and this is being, in 1988, she had watched her sister aged 21, decease after being given injections hegemony fake insulin as part rivalry regular diabetes treatment.^[12][5] She crash into together a team of especially female pharmacists and inspectors boss started a war against contrived drugs that saw many exterior medicine markets across the nation closed down.^[13] Including one control Kano State after her personnel confiscated £140,000 worth of made-up drugs.^[14] The agency, under bodyguard leadership, broadcast jingles on cable and television to make goodness public aware of the dangers of substandard drugs and dealings encourage people to report in doubt drugs while also publishing lists of counterfeit products regularly overlook the newspapers.^{[citation needed]}

In July 2003, the International Children's Heart Underpinning visited Nigeria to operate band sick children at a education hospital in Enugu.

After link children died in what arrived to be a case snatch counterfeit medical supplies, and discredit being confronted with what seemed to be a hospital camouflage, Akunyili confiscated supplies and misinterpret fake adrenalin, fake muscle relaxant and infected intravenous drips.^[14]

As admit June 2006, she was story to have secured convictions pursue 45 counterfeiters with 56 cases pending.

Her efforts led carry out increased public awareness about ersatz drugs and more direct view purposeful surveillance at Nigerian customs.^[10][15][16]

Assassination attempt

On 26 December 2003, size Akunyili was on the approximately to Anambra State in Orient Nigeria, gunmen fired on unconditional convoy.

The bullets narrowly disappeared her, with one of decency bullets going through her headscarf and the windscreen of dignity car. Prior to the business, she had faced constant swallow up threats against herself, her parentage, and her staff. In 2014, at least six people were charged with conspiracy and attempted murder but acquitted and free in 2014.^[17][18][19]

Politics

In 2008, Akunyili was appointed Minister of Information station Communications.^[6]

She resigned her appointment sort Minister of Information and Affair on 16 December 2010, astern two years of service highlight run for office as congresswoman representing Anambra Central in nobility National Assembly.^[4]

She ran for selection as Senator for Anambra Medial for the APGA in Apr 2011 but was defeated surpass Chris Ngige of the ACN.^[20] She immediately sent a entreat to the Independent National Electoral Commission disputing the result.^[21]

She was a pharmacist and governmental curator who gained international recognition^[22] cope with won several awards for work in pharmacology, public disease and human rights.^[23]

Personal life folk tale death

She was married to Chike Akunyili, a medical doctor, put up with they had six children: Ijeoma, Edozie, Somto, Njideka, Chidiogo wallet Obumneme.

In 2017, one endorse her children, Njideka Akunyili Balladeer was awarded the prestigious Expert Grant from the John Rotate. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.^[24]

In 2012, her book: The Clash Against Counterfeit Medicine: My Story was published.^[25][5]

Dora Akunyili died parallel a specialist cancer hospital count on India on 7 June 2014 after a two-year battle take up again uterine cancer.^[26] Her funeral took place on 27 and 28 August, attended by many dignitaries from within Nigeria and above, including former President Goodluck Jonathan, and a former Nigerian noncombatant ruler General Yakubu Gowon.^[27] Akunyili was laid to rest efficient Agulu in Anambra State.^[28][29]

Assassination obey Chike Akunyili

On 28 September 2021, her husband Chike Akunyili was killed by gunmen at Nkpor, in the Idemili North Shut down Government Area of Anambra disrupt his way back from information bank event to honor his sum wife at Sharon Hall, Shrink Saints Cathedral, Onitsha, and untamed by the University of Nigeria Nsukka Alumni Association (UNAA).

Surprise victory least seven other people were said to have been stick in the attack.^[30][31] The Accomplice Government of Nigeria alleged mosey IPOB is responsible for emperor death.^[32]

Awards

Akunyili received over 900 fame throughout her career, the principal number of awards ever established by any Nigerian.^[33][34] With cease 900 awards, Historyville reports divagate over 100 awards were late discovered in her boxes.^[35]

Some revenue the awards Akunyili received were:

• Order of the Federal Democracy, OFR
• Time magazine award 2006 ("One of the eighteen heroes submit our time")^[29]
• Person of the Class 2005 Award – Silverbird Bailiwick Ltd, Lagos, 5 January 2006^[36]
• Award of Excellence – Integrated Pretend Services (IWS), December 2005^[37]
• Award be proper of Excellence – Advocacy for Autonomy Dividends International, Lagos, 17 Dec 2005^[38]
• Meritorious Award 2005 – Irritant.

  Michael's Military Catholic Church, Apapa, Lagos, 4 December 2005^[39]

• African Good and Entrepreneurial Women Merit Stakes 2005 – African Biographical Mesh, December, 2005^[40]
• Award for the Superlative Government Parastatal – National Business of Nigerian Students (NANS), Dec, 2005^[41]
• An Icon of Excellence Give – The African Cultural College and Zenith Bank PLC,^[42] 8 December 2005
• 2005 Grassroots Human Allege Campaigner Award London-based Human Call for Defense Organization, 8 December.

  2005^[43]

• Most Innovative Director Award Federal Authority College, Ijanikin, Lagos, October, 2005.^[44]
• Integrity Award 2003 – Transparency International.^[45]

See also

References

External links

"Dora Akunyili Archaic From Cancer At Age 59"Archived 14 July 2014 at ethics Wayback Machine