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Immediate past Governor of Anambra State,
Mr. Peter Obi, is presently in India on a visit
to see former Minister of Information and
Communications, Prof. Dora Akunyili, who is
receiving treatment in the country. Mr. Obi
left for India yesterday in company of his
media aide, Mr. Valentine Obienyem. The two
men confirmed in a message from India that
Prof. Akunyili is responding to treatment and
that her situation is nothing near the scary
picture being painted by rumour mongers.
Prof. Dora Akunyili’s husband, Dr. Chike Akunyili,
confirmed to me on phone this morning that
Messrs Obi and Obienyem are with them in the
hospital. “We are very happy to see them. We are
even happier that they have volunteered to spend
the entire day with us before returning home to
Nigeria,” Dr. Akunyili said. He also expressed
appreciation to Nigerians, saying: “We can never
thank Nigerians enough; their prayers are
working.”
The attached photo shows Ex-Governor Obi
discussing with the doctors treating Dora, while
her husband watches. Below is an e-mail sent
from India this morning by Obienyem:
“Brother Isaac, I am sending this mail from the
hospital where our beloved Prof. Dora Akunyili is
being treated. At the moment, her husband, Dr.
Chike Akunyili, Mr. Peter Obi and the team of
Doctors treating her are rubbing minds.
“While Doctors at the Indian hospital are explaining
what they are doing and how tremendously she
has improved; Dr. Chike Akunyili thanked them for
their commitment to duty. He also expressed
gratitude to Nigerians for the outpouring of love
showered on his wife. Mr. Obi emphasised the
need for Indians to come and set up facilities in
Nigeria and for Nigerian Doctors to also show
commitment to expanding the health facilities in
Nigeria through strategic investment. Though the
Doctors said they come to the country now and
then, they agreed on the need to consider what Obi
said seriously. They promised to keep
communications open.
“Obi thanked God for the tremendous improvement
of Prof. Akunyili and said the reality he saw was
the direct opposite of the grim picture some people
painted about her condition. He prayed to God to
grant her total healing.
“In Nigeria, it is common for Nigerians to express
secret and sometimes open excitement whenever
any highly placed Nigerian suffer. They see it as
delayed punishment for the iniquities they foisted
on the nation. Prof. Dora Akunyili is different. Since
the news of her sickness was broken, the entire
nation has been crying and praying for her to be
healed. Even on social networks, you see people’s
writings dripping with tears for a woman who
showed the nation what service in the truest
sense of the word means.
“Nigerians as a people suffer from forgetfulness
that is inexplicable. We forget people’s deeds so
easily. Again, Dora is different. The pervasiveness
of her good work ensured that it is etched
permanently in the psyches of our people. Who in
Nigeria today has forgotten the trauma – attacks
upon attacks – that Dora was faced with simply
for doing what was best for Nigeria and humanity?
“I understand that since being in the hospital,
Nigerians in India have turned the hospital into a
Mecca of sort. Daily they visit to pray for her
recovery. I understand that the Nigerian
Ambassador to India came calling yesterday.
“Meanwhile, Mr. Obi and the team of Doctors are
discussing many subjects. Having finished with
health, the secret of the development of the health
institution and the part the Government is playing,
he is busy asking them the secret of the
development of Karnataka, the State in India,
where Bangalore city/town is located. He wants to
know the secret behind the development in
infrastructure, education, social services, among
others as to compare note with what are
witnessed in Nigeria.”
Isaac Umunna
Media Adviser to Prof. Dora Akunyili
Lagos, May 27, 2014
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