Gov. Babatunde Fashola of Lagos state, on Monday signed the
Cremation Bill into law, allowing residents to burn their dead if they so wish.
The new law also empowers medical
practitioners, with government approval, to cremate abandoned and unclaimed
corpses after a reasonable period of time has been given as notice. Fashola said the law was enacted to provide more choices in
a growing global state and accommodate the different beliefs of residents.
”The law tells a story of the full consciousness of how
global our state has become; people migrate here, build homes here, set up
businesses here.
”And if some people think,cremation is the best way to do
what they want to do, I think, we should also as a global city, I think we
should provide that choice as it is done in all other global cities of the
world,” he said.
Fashola said the
cremation was voluntary for only those who might want to use that service,
pointing out that people still had the liberty to bury their loved ones any
other ways they preferred.
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