Anambra, the mercurial pearl of Igbo nation nestling River Niger, is in the news again.
No person, it further forewarns grimly, shall subject any relation of the deceased person to a mourning period of more than one week from the date of the burial ceremony. While Ezeani’s motive could hardly be faulted in nobility and public-spiritedness, however, considering that key provisions are framed by a thinking that tends to suggest extremism of sorts, one is persuaded to assume that not much consultation took place with the stakeholders.
Moreover, big or elaborate funerals also create brisk business for the masters of the two contrasting realms - the cosmic and the secular: rainmakers and alchemists who solemnly prime the canon for traditional gun-salute on the one hand; and native drummers who fall over each other in the driveway to usher you into the party venues with soliciting crescendo.
While responding to a specific question, the iconic entertainer had stated rather casually that he was not in a position to know whether the provenance of money sprayed on him by those he usually eulogized at soirées was tainted or not. Such is the sensitivity that sometimes underlines the rendition of eulogy at social parties and the tightrope musicians have to walk thereafter to remain in business.
ezejioke let it come into law first before killing it, such laws should be applauded, because believe me brother it took courage to cut this deep into what has became the norm for every bereaved person or persons. This should be a welcomed quite positively.
The budget should just be reduced drastically
Dead on arrival . Someone can easily switch in between mortuaries at two months interval . And how do you even regulate that in the first place . Set up a mortuary monitoring committee?