Lagos may be forced to conduct mass burial - Sanwo-Olu vows amid Covid-19

- Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu said mortuaries in Lagos state are now in a congested shape

- The governor said Lagos may be compelled to conduct mass burial if the state mortuaries are not decongested in the next two weeks

- Sanwo-Olu made the vow while giving updates on the efforts put in place against Covid-19 crisis in the state

Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Lagos governor, has lamented that mortuaries in the state are in a congested shape and government may be "compelled to have a mass burial" if those mortuaries are not decongested in the next two weeks.

Sanwo-Olu made this known during a media briefing on Saturday, April 25, where he was giving an evaluation update on the state of Covid-19 pandemic in Lagos.

The governor, who noted the corpses are not Covid-19 related, lamented how corpses are abandoned by relatives of the deceased.

He further warned that even though residents will be allowed to make burial, organising a party before and after the burial will not be tolerated.

Sanwo-Olu further emphasised that all hands must be on deck to ensure that battle against coronavirus is won.

“If we’re unable to see a decongestion of mortuaries across the state within the next two weeks, Lagos state government will now be compelled to seek to have a mass burial and we would not want to force this on anybody, which is why we are asking for the cooperation of all of us,” he said.

“This is not the time when you need to wait for your brother or your sister or your sibling, who is 10,000km or 6,000km away from here for them to come back before you can have the funeral."

Governor Sanwo-Olu said the use of face mask will henceforth become compulsory as that is one of the ways to prevent community transmission of Covid-19.

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Meanwhile, Legit.ng reported that the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) has asked the federal government to scale down to partial mode with relaxed restriction in the ongoing lockdown.

In a letter dated Friday, April 24 and addressed to Mr Boss Mustapha, the NGF requested for, subject to the president’s approval, internal free movement in all the states, but with restrictions on large gatherings.

Mustapha is the Secretary to the Government of the Federation and also the chairman, Presidential Task Force on COVID-19.

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