They say 'there's no second chance for first impression'. Many have toiled this Earth and left an indelible mark on our hearts. Some of their actions done out of goodwill and patriotism has turned out to be the best choices for the greater good. Here are 4 women who even after their death, can never be forgotten in Nigeria.
1. Dora Akunyili: No one can forget Mrs. Dora impact while she was the Boss of National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC). She really transformed the agency as her strict stringent policies helped in changing the narrative of NAFDAC. She died on 7th June 2014 of Uterine cancer but her memories lives on.
2. Stella Obasanjo: Nigerian first lady under President Olusegun Obasanjo is someone we would never forget. As first Lady of Nigeria, she joined the Campaign Against Female Genital Mutilation and on 6 February 2003, she declared the day the International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation. She died after a wrong cosmetic surgery on 23 October 2005.
3. Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti: Mother of Fela Anikulapo-Kutu, one of the greatest musicians to have ever come out of the shores of Africa, no one can forget the first woman to drive a car. She was also instrumental in the Abeokuta Women Union. Rumors had it that she was the inscription on the proposed on N5,000 note. She died 13th April 1978 after being hospitalized from months when the soldiers threw her from the second floor of a building during one of her visits to Fela, her son.
4. Dr Ameyo Adadevoh: She is credited with having curbed a wider spread of the Ebola virus in Nigeria by placing the patient zero, Patrick Sawyer, in quarantine despite pressures from the Liberian government.She is known for preventing the Nigerian index case from leaving the hospital at the time of diagnosis, thereby playing a key role in curbing the spread of the virus in Nigeria. On 4 August 2014, it was confirmed that she had tested positive for Ebola virus disease and was being treated. Adadevoh died in the afternoon of 19 August 2014.
Columnist : Edaki Aaron Odion (A_Clef the poet)
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