Lagos Government Bans Use Of Residential Areas For Burial

The Lagos State Government has ban the use of residential area burial.

The statement indicate that the ban become necessary in other to prevent the transmission of infectious disease in the state.

The announcement was contained in a statement by the Executive Secretary of Lagos State Law Reform Commission, Ade Adeyemo.

Adeyemo said that the state took the decision inline with 21st century reality to curtail the spread of contagious infection in the state.

Adeyemo noted that the coronavirus and the need to prevent a second wave of the disease necessitated the review.

According to her, the Law Reform Commission is saddled with the responsibility of reviewing and reforming laws to effect necessary changes to make them more modern, fair, just, efficient, accessible and bring them following the prevailing social and moral values of society.

She said, “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 infectious diseases.

“The very first compendium of laws in the state was the 1973 Laws of Lagos State which was a merger of the laws that existed in the former Federal Territory of Lagos and those of Former Western Nigeria.

“The present Law Reform Commission evolved out of the short term State Law Review Committees/Commissions saddled with the responsibilities of previous law reforms.”

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