The Presidency has denied a report saying it is planning to rename the University of Ibadan after the late former Director-General, National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, Prof. Dora Akunyili.
Akunyili, who served as the Minister of Information and Communication between 2008 and 2010, died on Saturday in a hospital in India, having battled with cancer in the last two years.
A Twitter handle purportedly belonging to the Nigeria Television Authority had quoted the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, as saying the President was planning to immortalise her by renaming the nation’s premier university to ‘Dora Akunyili Memorial University’.
“Mr. President may consider renaming University of Ibadan as ‘Dora Akunyili Memorial University’ to honour the late NAFDAC boss,” the Twitter handle, @NTA_News , had quoted Abati as saying.
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