Akunyili put her life on the line for Nigerians —Okupe

SENIOR Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs, Dr Doyin Okupe, has described the late Information Minister, Dr Dora Akunyili, as a great woman who put her life on the line for the sake of Nigerians. He told Sunday Tribune in his reaction to the demise of the one-time Director General of NAFDAC that she made a great impact on the country before her death. Okupe observed, “It’s a very sad news and you know Dora was one of the best that we had, one of the very best. She was distinguished “Somebody that made a very great impact on the life of this country, who had worked against fake drugs. She was a pioneer of that. By just doing that alone, she put her life on the line, she was resolute, she was determined and she succeeded. “She was a great woman. I have a lot of respect for her,” he said.[TRIBUNE]