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Jun 8, 2022 5 tweets 2 min read
Today we remember Dora Akunyili, the anti-fake drugs crusader whose headgear saved from assassins’ bullets.
Akunyili was Chairman of #NAFDAC,where her dogged fight against fake and counterfeit drugs won her as much enemies than admirers

Tinibu MC Oluomo #APCPresidentialPrimaries In 1998, Akunyili, working with the Petroleum Trust Fund (PTF) then headed by Muhammadu Buhari, took ill and was told she required surgery. She got ready to travel to the United States for treatment and the PTF provided her $5000 for tests and $12,000 for the surgery.