By Modupe Gbadeyanka
The Lagos State government has said it would no longer accept the use of residential premises for burial, morgues or embalmment centres.
According to the Executive Secretary of the Lagos State Law Reform Commission, Mrs Ade Adeyemo, this is to prevent the transmission of communicable diseases in the state.
Mrs Adeyemo, while speaking on the activities, achievements and impact of the commission, said the state government will continue to come up with reforms that make residents safer.
The agency’s scribe was on a Lagos Television interview programme known as Lagos Today, where she spoke on the responsibilities of the commission.
“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,” Mrs Adeyemo said.
The Executive Secretary revealed that some of the laws and bills have been reviewed and forwarded to the House of Assembly for the benefit of the general public.
