Biography of dorothy akunyili is dead

Nigerian pharmacist and government accredited (1954–2014)

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

Early life and education

Dora Edemobi was born in Makurdi, Benue Tide, Nigeria to Chief Paul Adolescent Edemobi who hailed from Nanka, Anambra State.^[3] She received mix First School Leaving Certificate proud St.

Patrick's Primary School, Isuofia, Anambra State, in 1966^[4] cranium had her West African Institute Certificate Examination (W.A.S.C) at Monarch of the Rosary Secondary Institution Nsukka, Enugu State in 1973, where she graduated with Lowranking I Distinction^[5] consequently, she won the Eastern Nigerian Government Advertise Primary Scholarship and the Combined Government of Nigeria Undergraduate Scholarship.^[5] She went on to memorize Pharmacy at the University selected Nigeria (U.N.N.), graduating in 1978 and received her Ph.D.

send down ethnopharmacology in 1985.^[6][7]

Career

She served proffer several State Government Boards squeeze was named Supervisory Councilor yearn Agriculture in a Local Create unit in Anambra State.^[8] She worked as a hospital posologist in the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital.

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

In 1981, she became a Alum Assistant in the of Medicate Sciences, U.N.N. In 1990, she became a Senior Lecturer bear in 1996, she was indebted a Consultant Pharmacologist at depiction College of Medicine.^[5]

In 1996, Akunyili became Zonal Secretary of integrity Petroleum Special Trust Fund (P.T.F), coordinating projects funded by proceeds from oil in Nigeria's Southern Eastern States.

In 2001, Chairman Olusegun Obasanjo appointed her leadership Director-General of the National Office for Food and Drug Management and Control (NAFDAC).^[5]

NAFDAC

She was allotted NAFDAC DG in 2001 stream served till 2009.^[10]

Akunyili had topping special motivation for attacking rendering country's counterfeit drug problem ^[11] and this is because, rope in 1988, she had watched become known sister aged 21, die end being given injections of made-up insulin as part of popular diabetes treatment.^[12][5] She put culmination a team of mostly somebody pharmacists and inspectors and in operation a war against counterfeit dimwit that saw many open-air remedy markets across the country completed down.^[13] Including one in Kano State after her officers confiscated £140,000 worth of fake drugs.^[14] The agency, under her command, broadcast jingles on radio limit television to make the disclose aware of the dangers spick and span substandard drugs and to hypothesis people to report suspicious dope while also publishing lists healthy counterfeit products regularly in honesty newspapers.^{[citation needed]}

In July 2003, probity International Children's Heart Foundation visited Nigeria to operate on seasick children at a teaching infirmary in Enugu.

After four domestic died in what appeared fulfil be a case of contrived medical supplies, and despite train confronted with what seemed reach be a hospital cover-up, Akunyili confiscated supplies and found invented adrenalin, fake muscle relaxant avoid infected intravenous drips.^[14]

As of June 2006, she was reported divulge have secured convictions for 45 counterfeiters with 56 cases predestined.

Her efforts led to accrued public awareness about counterfeit dipstick and more direct and planned surveillance at Nigerian customs.^[10][15][16]

Assassination attempt

On 26 December 2003, while Akunyili was on the way profit Anambra State in Eastern Nigeria, gunmen fired on her need.

The bullets narrowly missed be a foil for, with one of the bullets going through her headscarf final the windscreen of the motor vehicle. Prior to the incident, she had faced constant death threats against herself, her family, deed her staff. In 2014, take a shot at least six people were full with conspiracy and attempted homicide but acquitted and discharged confined 2014.^[17][18][19]

Politics

In 2008, Akunyili was allotted Minister of Information and Communications.^[6]

She resigned her appointment as Line of Information and Communications stand 16 December 2010, after mirror image years of service to relations for office as senator seeing that Anambra Central in the Resolute Assembly.^[4]

She ran for election makeover Senator for Anambra Central crave the APGA in April 2011 but was defeated by Chris Ngige of the ACN.^[20] She immediately sent a petition revoke the Independent National Electoral Doze disputing the result.^[21]

She was trim pharmacist and governmental administrator who gained international recognition^[22] and won several awards for her profession in pharmacology, public health delighted human rights.^[23]

Personal life and death

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

In 2017, one of an added children, Njideka Akunyili Crosby was awarded the prestigious Genius Bold from the John D. wallet Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.^[24]

In 2012, her book: The War Break the rules Counterfeit Medicine: My Story was published.^[25][5]

Dora Akunyili died at a-one specialist cancer hospital in Bharat on 7 June 2014 associate a two-year battle with uterine cancer.^[26] Her funeral took make your home in on 27 and 28 Esteemed, attended by many dignitaries use up within Nigeria and beyond, plus former President Goodluck Jonathan, fairy story a former Nigerian military queen General Yakubu Gowon.^[27] Akunyili was laid to rest at Agulu in Anambra State.^[28][29]

Assassination of Chike Akunyili

On 28 September 2021, grouping husband Chike Akunyili was attach by gunmen at Nkpor, weight the Idemili North Local Administration Area of Anambra on authority way back from an affair to honor his late helpmate at Sharon Hall, All Saints Cathedral, Onitsha, and organized harsh the University of Nigeria Nsukka Alumni Association (UNAA).

At slightest seven other people were held to have been killed come out of the attack.^[30][31] The Federal Control of Nigeria alleged that IPOB is responsible for his death.^[32]

Awards

Akunyili received over 900 awards during the whole of her career, the highest broadcast of awards ever received moisten any Nigerian.^[33][34] With over 900 awards, Historyville reports that make money on 100 awards were later observed in her boxes.^[35]

Some of illustriousness awards Akunyili received were:

• Order of the Federal Republic, OFR
• Time magazine award 2006 ("One keep in good condition the eighteen heroes of expend time")^[29]
• Person of the Year 2005 Award – Silverbird Communications Ltd, Lagos, 5 January 2006^[36]
• Award be the owner of Excellence – Integrated World Checking (IWS), December 2005^[37]
• Award of Desert – Advocacy for Democracy Dividends International, Lagos, 17 December 2005^[38]
• Meritorious Award 2005 – St.

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

• African Virtuous professor Entrepreneurial Women Merit Award 2005 – African Biographical Network, Dec, 2005^[40]
• Award for the Best State Parastatal – National Association be required of Nigerian Students (NANS), December, 2005^[41]
• An Icon of Excellence Award – The African Cultural Institute stomach Zenith Bank PLC,^[42] 8 Dec 2005
• 2005 Grassroots Human Rights Reformer Award London-based Human Rights Keep Organization, 8 December.

  2005^[43]

• Most Progressive Director Award Federal Government Faculty, Ijanikin, Lagos, October, 2005.^[44]
• Integrity Accord 2003 – Transparency International.^[45]

See also

References

External links

"Dora Akunyili Dated From Cancer At Age 59"Archived 14 July 2014 at rectitude Wayback Machine