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Nigerian pharmacist and government official (1954–2014)

Dora Nkem AkunyiliOFR (14 July 1954 – 7 June 2014) was the Director-General of National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) of Nigeria from 2001 to 2008.^[1][2]

Early life and education

Dora Edemobi was born in Makurdi, Benue State, Nigeria to Chief Paul Young Edemobi who hailed from Nanka, Anambra State.^[3] She received her First School Leaving Certificate from St. Patrick's Primary School, Isuofia, Anambra State, in 1966^[4] and had her West African School Certificate Examination (W.A.S.C) at Queen of the Rosary Secondary School Nsukka, Enugu State in 1973, where she graduated with Grade I Distinction^[5] consequently, she won the Eastern Nigerian Government Post Primary Scholarship and the Federal Government of Nigeria Undergraduate Scholarship.^[5] She went on to study Pharmacy at the University of Nigeria (U.N.N.), grad Is dora akunyili dead.