Lagos State Government has restated the ban on the use of residential premises as morgues, embalmment centres or burial sites.
A statement on Wednesday quoted the executive secretary of Lagos State Law Reform Commission Ade Adeyemo as saying that the prohibition was to prevent the transmission of communicable diseases in the state.
She said, “The Law Reform Commission is saddled with the responsibility of reviewing and reforming laws with a view to effecting necessary changes to make them more modern, fair, just, efficient, accessible and bring them in consonance with the prevailing social and moral values of society.
“In this regard, 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 communicable diseases.”
The executive secretary added that “there are procedures to be taken in order to eliminate all anomalies and repeal, review and reform obsolete, spent and unnecessary laws which at a time were necessary but as the State evolves, they become inapplicable because they do not fit the prevailing situations and circumstances.”
Some of the laws and bills that have been reviewed and forwarded to the House of Assembly for the benefit of the general public, according to her, include the Animals Bill, Electric Power Sector Reform Law, Tenancy Bill, Real Estate Regulatory Bill, Lotteries and Gaming Authority Law and Law Enforcement Training Institute Bill.
