Breaking News: Dora Akunyili dies at 59

 

Family sources have reportedly disclosed to Sahara Reporters that former Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control and ex minister of Information, Professor Dora Akunyili, is dead.

She passed away at the age of 59 at an Indian Hospital - where she has been receiving treatment for an undisclosed ailment.

 Dora was born in Makurdi, Benue State in 1954. She hails from Anambra state.







Source: Sahara Reporters

 

Okonjo-Iweala Clarifies World Bank’s Poverty Rating of Nigeria

Nigeria's Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, said World Bank’s ``extreme poor nation’’ rating of Nigeria was based on the large number of poor people living in the country, according to dailytimes.


In a meeting held in Washington on Wednesday, World Bank President, Dr Jim Kim, announced that Nigeria was among the extremely poor countries in the world. Other mentioned countries were: India, China, Bangladesh, Democratic Republic of Congo, Indonesia, Pakistan, Tanzania, Ethiopia and Kenya.

Kim had said "the fact is that two-thirds of the world’s extreme poor are concentrated in just five countries: India, China, Nigeria, Bangladesh and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

"If you add another five countries, Indonesia, Pakistan, Tanzania, Ethiopia and Kenya, the total grows to 80 per cent of the extreme poor,” he added.