Former Health Minister, Hon Funke Adedoyin, dies at 56

A former Minister of State for Health, Hon Funke Adedoyin, is dead. Until her death, Adedoyin was a member of the House of Representatives from Kwara State.

Aged 56, Adedoyin was said to have died from complications arising from cancer on Friday afternoon in Abuja.

Confirming the demise of the female lawmaker, a member of the House of Representatives, Hon Rasak Atunwa, said: “This is a big loss to me, I am feeling a personal loss right now. It was this afternoon that she passed on in Abuja.

Atunwa, chairman of House Judiciary Committee and governorship aspirant in Kwara, also stated that Adedoyin died of cancer.

He said: “She had been battling cancer in the past few years.”

The late Adedoyin was the daughter of foremost industrialist, Chief Samuel Adedoyin (a.k.a Doyin Motors).

The Daily Times recalls that former President Olusegun Obasanjo appointed the late Adedoyin as minister of state for health during his second term between 2003 and 2007.

Incidentally, the late Adedoyin was part of former members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) lawmakers that recently dumped the party and defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

The late Adedoyin represente Irepodun Isin Ekiti Oke Ero constituency of Kwara State at the House of Representatives.

The death, which occurred on Friday was not yet announced by the family as it was being kept away from her aged father.

A source close to the family said that the deceased had a cancer operation about two years ago, while she had been in and out of the country for medical attention since then.