DR AKUNYILI (NAFDAC LEADERSHIP) 
FOLLOWING HER APPOINTMENTS AS THE DIRECTOR OF THE NAFDAC,IN APRIL 2001,PROFESSOR AKUNYILI  ESTABLISHED  A TOP PRIORITY,THE ERADICATION OF COUNTERFEIT DRUGS AND  UNSAFE  FOOD.
BEFORE HER ASSUMPTION OF OFFICE IN NAFDAC,FAKE AND SUBSTANDARD FOODS AND DRUGS WERE SOLD IN NIGERIA,WITHOUT ANY FORM OF REGULATION.SHE WAS DISHEARTENED THAT SO MANY OF HER COUNTRY MEN AND WOMEN WERE FIGHTING KILLER DISEASE LIKE MALARIA AND TUBERCULOSIS  WITH LITTLE MORE THAN SUGAR SYRUP  AND CHALK TABLETS CYNICALLY PACKAGED TO LOOK LIKE THE REAL DRUG.ALTHOUGH DR AKUNYILI FACED CONSIDERABLE RISK TO HER PERSONAL; SAFETY IN FIGHTING TO COMBAT THE ISSUE OF FAKE DRUGS.
        SHE ALSO ANCHORED THE RE-BRANDING OF  NIGERIA PROJECT  DRIVEN BY THE SLOGAN " NIGERIA GOOD PEOPLE,GREAT NATION"