Lagos State Has A New Cremation Law

Following the passage of cremation bill by the state House of Assembly, Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos state, Monday, signed cremation bill into law, which provides for voluntary burning of corpses and unclaimed corpses in the state.

Fashola while signing the cremation bill into law, after several months of public debates in his Alausa office, Ikeja, said the cremation law is voluntary, adding that its enactment shows how the concept of globalization had taken its roots in the state.

Explaining the content of the new cremation law, the Lagos State Commissioner for Justice and Attorney General, Mr. Ade Ipaye, said the law only provides for voluntary cremation.

According to him,” it is voluntary in the sense that it allows for voluntary cremation, whereby a person may signify interest to be cremated when he dies or a deceased’s family members who must attain the age of 18 years can decide to have the corpse cremated.”



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