Chidiogo Akunyili's Tribute To Her Late Mother, Prof. Dora Akunyili

Chidiogo Akunyili is one of the daughters of late former Director-General, National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, (NAFDAC) Prof. Dora Akunyili who passed away on June 7, after 2 years of battling with cancer.

The Economics and International Relations graduate of Johns Hopkins University, Maryland, United States, took to Facebook to pay tribute to her mother who she said she was happy to have spent some quality time with, last week before her death. See what see wrote below-

"To many, she was an icon, to others, she was an inspiration, to me, she was my mother and all of the above. What I told her just last week stays with me, ‘I am your daughter, and you raised me, you have been in the midst of everything, mummy and that is the strength that is now mine and all of us your children. It is also the strength of a whole nation; you touched so many lives, and that is a blessing that must not be taken lightly."

Thanking her friends and Nigerians for the condolences and prayers to her family and her late mother, Chidiogo said, “Thank you all my dear friends from the bottom of my heart for your kind words. Mummy, may your soul rest in eternal peace, one with God, who you loved and served above all else.”

See a snapshot of her Facebook post below.