…mortuary attendants to report to the Ministry of Health any corpse LEFT beyond one month
February 2, 2024
Prof. Chikwuma Soludo
The Governor of Anambra State, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, has banned the public display of caskets and the keeping of corpses beyond 60 days in the mortuary in the state without burial.
The ban was contained in a 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 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, 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.
It was advised that this could only be done with permission from the appropriate local government authority.
