Saturday 7 June 2014

Breaking News: Former NAFDAC boss, Dora Akunyili dies at 59


One time Minister of Communication and DG of NAFDAC, Professor Dora Akunyili has passed
away.

Mrs. Akunyili is considered as Nigeria’s most effective drugs and food administration executive. as the first boss of National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, she carried our sweeping reforms that helped Nigeria, at the time, put up a strong defence against fake drugs and food products.

She went on to serve as an information minister under the administration of Late Umaru Musa Yar’Adua.

The celebrated NAFDAC reformer and pharmacist had been receiving treatment for a serious undisclosed illness in an Indian hospital.

The news was brokered by Sahara Reporters broke this story.
 

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