The Lagos State Government has prohibited the use of residential premises as morgues, embalmment centres and burial sites. This according to the government, is to prevent the transmission of infectious diseases in the state.
The Executive
Secretary of Lagos State Law Reform Commission, Ade Adeyemo, on Wednesday, said
that the prohibition had become necessary as part of measures to adjust to the
21st Century reality of preventing infectious diseases.
She explained
that the commission arrived at the adopted measures after careful consideration
and review of laws that address the immediate and peculiar needs of Lagosians
at every point in time.
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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