Governor Obiano Immortalizes Akunyili (See What He Did For Him)

The prestigious Women Devel­opment Center, Awka, Anam­bra State has been renamed as the Prof. Dora Akunyili Women Development Center, Awka as part of a well organized effort to immortalize the former Minister of Information and NAFDAC Director General, who fell to cancer last year.

The renaming of the Cen­ter came after a memorial mass that was attended by prominent citizens like former Vice President Dr. Alex Ekwueme, former National Chairman of APGA, Chief Victor Umeh, PDP Women Leader, Iyom Josephine An­eni, Chief Executive of the National Center for Women Development, Onyeka On­wenu, as well as key members of the Anambra State Executive Council.

Remembering the late Amazon in a brief speech titled, “Immortalizing Prof. Dora Akunyili,” Anambra State Governor, Chief Wil­lie Obiano, described her as a beloved sister, daughter, wife, mother, teacher, moralist, crusader, role model, merchant of hope and angel of light, pointing out that in gathering to immortalize her, Ndi Anambra were simply trying to remind themselves that “the greatest legacy a man or woman can leave is a good name. “Brothers and sisters, we are gathered here to affirm the wise saying of our elders that ezi afa ka ego – a good name is better than gold!”

Governor Obiano further noted that the life and times of the late fake drug czar should serve as a strong call to moral re-armament among Ndi Anambra. Wax­ing philosophical, Obiano observed: “We finally begin to live when we choose to live in the service of the people; when our lives bring hope, happiness and fulfillment to people around us. Dora reminds us that a life of service to the com­munity is the true life of meaning.”