Governor Babatunde Fashola o Lagos State today signed the Cremation bill into law, paving way for residents of the state to begin burning of dead bodies rather than burying them.
The governor assented to the controversial bill passed by the State House of Assembly recently at the State House, Ikeja, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria after months of heated debate on whether the bill negates the African culture.
“The law now makes it legal for the state government to cremate unclaimed corpses in its mortuaries after a period of time.”
Ipaye stated that if the owners of the corpse also failed to show up to collect the ashes after 14 days notice, it would be disposed by the state government subject to the consent and approval of the Commissioner for Health.
The commissioner added that Section two of the law stipulated that no cremation might take place except in a crematorium established by the Ministry of Health or by any other body upon the recommendation of the authority and approval by the Commissioner for Health.
Source : Punch
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