You have two weeks to claim corpses or we give them mass
burial, he says
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Saturday said the
government would conduct mass burial for bodies in mortuaries, if
not evacuated by their families within the next two weeks.
The governor, at a news conference at the State House, Marina,
Lagos said due to Coronavirus, many families have not been able to
bury their dead ones in the last two months, which made the
mortuaries to get filled.
He said there was the need to urgently decongest the mortuaries
at this period and that he was giving families who had loved ones
in the mortuaries the opportunity to bury them following the laid
down guidelines.
Sanwo-Olu said he had given two weeks deadline for such families
to evacuate their loved ones from the state-owned mortuaries,
saying that after the expiration, the government would be forced to
conduct mass burials for unclaimed bodies.
The governor stated that this was not a time for families to
wait for their members abroad to come down before giving their
loved ones befitting burials, urging them to conduct such burials
within the state immediately by maintaining physical
distancing.
He also banned any form of party, receptions or gatherings after
such burials in order to avert spread of Coronavirus.
Sanwo-Olu emphasised that it was not those who died from
Coronavirus that made the mortuaries to get filled up, but
accumulated dead bodies overtime occasioned by stoppage of burials
during this period.
He said he expected lots of families to comply with the two
weeks ultimatum as government had to take such tough measures to
decongest the mortuaries.
On Face Mask, Sanwo-Olu said it was now compulsory for everybody
to put on a face mask in the public, as it would help to curtail
the spread of the virus.
He emphasised that government had contracted the services of
local tailors to produce millions of face masks that would be
distributed to the public free.
Sanwo-Olu urged members of the private sector to patronise local
producers of face masks for their workers, as government’s own
distribution would not go round.
You have two weeks to claim corpses or we give them mass
burial, he says
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Saturday said the
government would conduct mass burial for bodies in mortuaries, if
not evacuated by their families within the next two weeks.
The governor, at a news conference at the State House, Marina,
Lagos said due to Coronavirus, many families have not been able to
bury their dead ones in the last two months, which made the
mortuaries to get filled.
He said there was the need to urgently decongest the mortuaries
at this period and that he was giving families who had loved ones
in the mortuaries the opportunity to bury them following the laid
down guidelines.
Sanwo-Olu said he had given two weeks deadline for such families
to evacuate their loved ones from the state-owned mortuaries,
saying that after the expiration, the government would be forced to
conduct mass burials for unclaimed bodies.
The governor stated that this was not a time for families to
wait for their members abroad to come down before giving their
loved ones befitting burials, urging them to conduct such burials
within the state immediately by maintaining physical
distancing.
He also banned any form of party, receptions or gatherings after
such burials in order to avert spread of Coronavirus.
Sanwo-Olu emphasised that it was not those who died from
Coronavirus that made the mortuaries to get filled up, but
accumulated dead bodies overtime occasioned by stoppage of burials
during this period.
He said he expected lots of families to comply with the two
weeks ultimatum as government had to take such tough measures to
decongest the mortuaries.
On Face Mask, Sanwo-Olu said it was now compulsory for everybody
to put on a face mask in the public, as it would help to curtail
the spread of the virus.
He emphasised that government had contracted the services of
local tailors to produce millions of face masks that would be
distributed to the public free.
Sanwo-Olu urged members of the private sector to patronise local
producers of face masks for their workers, as government’s own
distribution would not go round.