The Anambra State Government has banned the public display of caskets for fabrication and sale in the state.
The State Government also banned depositing of corpses in the mortuary or any other place beyond two months from the date of death.
This was contained in the law passed by the state House of Assembly on Thursday, February 1, to control burial and funeral activities in the state.
By this law, all mortuary attendants are to report to the Ministry of Health on any corpse that has stayed beyond one month from the date it was deposited.
The law also warned that any person who contravenes the provisions will be fined N100,000 or six months imprisonment or both.
It further stipulated that all burial and funeral ceremonies of indigenous deceased persons in the state shall be registered with the town union of the deceased.
Also, the registration fee for each burial and funeral ceremony shall be N 1,500.
Also, the new law warned against the blocking of roads and streets during burial ceremonies.
It advised that this can only be done with permission from the appropriate Local Government Authority.
Meanwhile, Anambra State governor Chukwuma Soludo has commended the assembly for the legislation.
“Anambra Burial Law is a very Progressive law to remove the burden and pressure on the poor as well as liberate women from oppressive practices during burials,” Soludo said.
“We celebrate “befitting living” and only a decent funeral.”
