Of Dora Akinyili and Angela Dorothea Merkel by Augustine Togonu-Bickersteth,London England
The late Dora Akinyili,then Nigerian Senatorial Candidate and Angela Dorothea Merkel the Present German Chancellor do have some interesting things in common.
Dora is the short form of the name Dorothea.
Akinyuli was born July 14 1954 and Merkel July 17 1954.
Both Women bagged Doctorate Degrees. Akinyuli in Pharmacy and relatedly Merkel in Chemistry.
Both Women served as Ministers in the federal Cabinet of their respective countries.
Both women have been featured in the Forbes list of the worlds" most powerful women.
Akinyuli is from south eastern Nigeria and Merkel was born in Eastern Germany.
Nigeria only recently had the largest economy in Africa and Germany the largest economy in Europe.
Whilst the Nigerian day of independence is October 1 , German Day of unity is October 3.
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