Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola has
signed into law the Cremation Bill, thereby allowing residents to burn their dead
if they so wish.
The law, equally empowers medical
practitioners with government approval to cremate abandoned and unclaimed
corpses, after issuing a reasonable period of notice.
At the ceremony today, Governor Fashola explained that the law was
enacted to provide more choices in a growing global state as well as
accommodate the different beliefs of residents.
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