The Lagos State Government says the use of residential premises as morgues, embalmment centres or burial sites is not allowed in the state.
This was contained in a statement
titled, ‘Burial prohibited on residential premises – LASG’ on Wednesday.
The statement quoted the Executive
Secretary of Lagos State Law Reform Commission, Mrs Ade Adeyemo, as saying that
the prohibition was to prevent the transmission of communicable diseases in the
State.
While noting that “it is an offense
to use residential premises as morgues, embalmment centres or burial sites”,
Adeyemo stressed that the Commission is tasked with the onerous responsibility
of updating and reviewing laws that address immediate and peculiar needs of
Lagosians at every point in time.
She said, “The Law Reform Commission
is saddled with the responsibility of reviewing and reforming laws with a view
to effecting necessary changes to make them more modern, fair, just, efficient,
accessible and bring them in consonance with the prevailing social and moral
values of society.
“In this regard, the Commission,
after review, found it expedient to ensure that the Lagos State Public Health
Law was expanded to include present-day disease outbreaks like the Ebola, Lassa
fever and other communicable diseases.”
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