Wp/mrt/Dora Akunyili

Dora Akunyili

human

Sex or gender	female
Country of citizenship	Nigeria
Name in native language	Nkem
Given name	Dora, Nkem
Date of birth	14 July 1954
Place of birth	Makurdi
Date of death	7 June 2014
Place of death	India
Manner of death	natural causes
Cause of death	ovarian cancer
Place of burial	Agulu
Native language	Igbo
Languages spoken, written or signed	English, Igbo
Writing language	Igbo
Occupation	pharmacologist, university teacher, politician, minister
Field of work	science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, university teacher, politician, pharmacologist
Employer	University of Nigeria, National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, Nigerian Federal Ministry of Information and Communications
Position held	Minister of Information and Communications, Minister of Information and Communications
Educated at	University of Nigeria
Member of political party	All Progressives Grand Alliance
Religion or worldview	Christianity
Award received	Integrity Award, Order of the Federal Republic

Dora Nkem Akunyili // ⓘ OFR (14 mudofhou 1954 – 7 kwa 2014) was the Director-General of National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) of Nigeria from 2001 to 2008.