Chidiogo, one of the children of the late former Director-General,
National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, Prof. Dora
Akunyili, has described the final moments she spent with her mother.
The Economics and International Relations graduate of Johns Hopkins
University, Maryland, United States, in a tribute to her mother said she
was happy to have spent some quality time with her mum last week before
her death. Chidiogo said during their discussion, she seized the moment
to appreciate her mother for being an inspiration to her and her
siblings.
Chidiogo wrote,
“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.’
Chidiogo thanked her friends and Nigerians for extending condolences to
her family as she also offered prayers for the repose of the deceased.
“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.”
