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Professsor Dora Akunyili
has finally resigned from office as a
minister of information and
communications.She has been been replaced by
Mr Labaran Maku who takes over as the
substantive minister.Before now, Maku was
the minister of state in the ministry
Akunyili who announced her resignation today
said she is going to contest election to the
senate to represent Anambra central on the
platform of APGA.She announced that she
would pick up the expression of interest
form today.In effect ,she has not only
resigned from the PDP government but she has
dumped the ruling PDP.
VALEDICTORY ADDRESS TO THE FEDERAL
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL BY PROF. DORA AKUNYILI,
HON. MINISTER OF INFORMATION AND
COMMUNICATIONS, ABUJA, DECEMBER 15, 2010
Mr. President, Mr. Vice President, and
esteemed colleagues with whom I have formed
a family — some of you for the past two
years and others for a lesser period of
time.
I wish to humbly inform Council that
I am resigning from the Cabinet with effect
from tomorrow, 16th December,
2010.
Today is therefore a very emotional day for
me in Council. This is because I have been
so closely bonded to most of you that my
departure is like leaving a family. My heart
is so heavy because in this Council, I have
found comfort and friendship.
However, having reflected over the years
about events in Nigeria and in particular my
state, Anambra, I have come to the
conclusion that it is indeed a defining
moment in my life when I should make the
sacrifice of leaving a comfortable place to
go to a difficult terrain in order to build
a better place for our children. I have,
therefore, decided to join my Governor, Mr.
Peter Obi, who is doing a great job in
continuing to build
Anambra
State as an APGA Senator.
In this regard, I intend to pick the
nomination form today to run for the office
of Senator Representing Anambra Central
Senatorial District in the National
Assembly.
As I take this step, I solicit for your
prayers and other forms of support. I am
making this request because you are my
people and my immediate constituency.
Yes, my colleagues in the
pharmaceutical industry are still my people
but I have virtually exhausted my goodwill
with them in the service of our dear
Country, especially in support of the
Re-branding Nigeria project. Many drug
manufacturing companies spent over N10
million for the Re-branding Nigeria
materials because they desperately wanted me
to succeed. Therefore, it is you and only
you that I can now run to for support.
Please, I plead with each and everyone of
you to sow a seed to my political career,
you will never regret it. In the words of
President Jonathan, I will never let you
down. Yes, I will be in the senate by the
grace of God for my constituency and for the
nation but you can be sure that I will also
be there for you.
Mr. President, I am deeply grateful to you
for giving me the opportunity to serve our
dear Country as Minister of Information and
Communications. I am equally grateful for
the co-operation which you, the VP and my
Cabinet colleagues extended to me in the
course of my duties, without which I would
not have succeeded. Mr. President, I will
never forget the encouragement you gave me
through phone calls, text messages, e.t.c.
when I was in NAFDAC during that fight for
life. Mr. Vice President, you always call me
your sister, please continue to call me your
sister.
I wish Mr. President, Mr. Vice President,
and other Council members who may wish to
contest in the 2011 elections success in
this regard. I pray that this Council
succeeds to the end and that many of you
continue as Council members after May 2011.
I leave you with love and fond memories.
Thank you and God bless you all.
PROF. DORA NKEM AKUNYILI, OFR
HON. MINISTER OF INFORMATION AND
COMMUNICATIONS, ABUJA, DECEMBER 15, 2010
VALEDICTORY ADDRESS
TO THE STATE HOUSE PRESS CORPS
BY
PROF. DORA AKUNYILI, HONOURABLE MINISTER OF
INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS, ABUJA,
DECEMBER 15, 2010
Gentlemen of the Press, today is my last
briefing to you in my capacity as Minister
of Information and Communications. I am
resigning from the Cabinet with effect from
tomorrow, 16th December, 2010.
I find it a bit difficult to say goodbye
because I have been so closely bonded to
most of you that my departure is like
leaving a family. However, I am leaving for
good and look forward to working with you in
the future but in other capacities.
Having reflected over the years about events
in Nigeria and in particular my state,
Anambra, I have come to the conclusion that
it is indeed a defining moment in my life
when I should make the sacrifice of leaving
a comfortable place to go to a difficult
terrain in order to build a better place for
our children. I have, therefore, decided to
join my Governor, Mr. Peter Obi, who is
doing a great job in continuing to build
Anambra
State as an APGA Senator.
In this regard, I intend to pick the
nomination form today to run for the office
of Senator Representing Anambra Central
Senatorial District in the National
Assembly.
As I take this step, I ask for your prayers
and unflinching support. I am deeply
grateful for your co-operation and
partnership, without which I would not have
succeeded, first as NAFDAC DG, and now as
Minister of Information and Communications.
I leave you with love and fond memories.
Thank you and God bless you all.
PROF. DORA NKEM AKUNYILI, OFR
HON. MINISTER OF INFORMATION AND
COMMUNICATIONS, ABUJA, DECEMBER 15, 2010
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