Late Dora Akunyili's Burial Arrangement Released By Family

At last, the remains of former NAFDAC boss and Information Minister, Dora Akunyili goes home.

The family of the late former NAFDAC boss and Information Minister, Prof. Dora Akunyili, who died on Saturday, June 7, 2014, after a two-year battle with cancer, has announced her burial arrangements, leading to her final interment on Thursday, the 28th of August, 2014.

The burial arrangement which is signed by her husband, Dr. Chike Akunyili, was posted on her Facebook wall, states that there would be a Christian Wake-Keep at No. 2A, Bishop Onyeabor St., G.R.A. Enugu, holding from from 4:00 p.m. on Friday, August 22.

A Night of Tributes will take place at the International Conference Centre, Abuja, 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 would take place at her husband's family compound, John Chike Akunyili’s Compound, at 1:30 p.m.

Dr. Akunyili also expressed gratitude to Nigerians for their outpour of love and support for his family at this moment of grief.
May her soul rest in peace.