₦airaland Forum

bouncin04:
5 - 0 in favor of Nigeria

As per say Angola go just escort Nigeria come the pitch na😂.

Adakintroy:
Impregnable defence with a note so potent attack.

I say 2._0 in favour of the eagles

The attack is potent, they just didn't find cohesion in the first two matches. They were a bit more organised in the third and will do better today.

That Prince Monye who's the current Force Public Relations Officer is the stupidest to ever occupy that position since we returned to democracy.

Calitoscassius:
You are right again, just because some people can afford to have flambouyant funeral events doesn't mean they have the right to inconvieniece or disrupt other citizens lives with their events.

But in Nageeria as it appears if you are wealthy you are free to do whatever da hell you want in any community.


I believe also as you rightly asserted, that other state may copy from Soludo's ideas.

People do not know it but when you do a flamboyant burial, it immediately puts psychological pressure on others who are your peers to want to match it or even do better, irrespective of whether your resources can even offset the cost.

The Nigerian society is structured in a way that coerces one to want to do just about anything to keep the pace with others. It's the major reason youths resort to crime and unwholesome methods just to make money these days.

Abeg they should be quick with the legislation on gun ownership if they're considering it. I'm tired of people who leave their homes without using deodorants, now come and be smelling sweaty like Roman gladiators and Lastma officials.

tctrills:
To me, it should be the choice and prerogative of individuals and families to decide how to bury their dead. A governor should not be given such power.
Do I support wasteful and expensive burials? No. But handing such power to a governor is much more dangerous.
I am an advocate for limited power

Well, the governor did not unilaterally decide on it. The bill passed through the House of Assembly which has representatives from all local governments in the state. He only signed it into a law. That's to tell you the new law is a product of the decisions of all power brokers in the state. Any disgruntled Anambra indigene should hold his representative in the HOA for explanations.

Calitoscassius:
Yes, you are right, however, coffin making is a more than 100 years old artisan business, i am sure before this generation coffins were displayed openly in shops, if you have watched movies like cow boys and Indians, or D jango you d see cowboys displaying and making coffins openly in the streets.

It is just that some part of the developed world has moved on from such business practises. Year ago meat/chicken were displayed openly in shops in England but today meat are sold in packs in supermarkets.


But Naigeria or Anambra have not quite go to the level of such developement.

Someone on here suggested a coffin market/area similar to spare parts, tyre or electronic market and i agree to that.

A coffin market is a fine idea. Everyone who fabricates and sells them can have their work sheds and sales shops there. Then you who needs to bury a loved one will know there's a fixed market for it and take yourself there. We need to start deviating from the old ways of doing things.

Dafresh:
Burial can be used to generate money, what if you didn't spend a lot but still you didn't give the family of the dead anything. Allow the living to bury their dead how they wish.

That is, you're saying the death and burial of a loved one can be used as a revenue generating venture? This is easily the most shameful comment I've seen on this issue so far.

GerogeI:
Burial is a Religious affair.
A law on Burial contravenes the Feedom of Religion enshrined in the constitution and UN Charter on Human Rights.

The law is Null and Void.
You can make law on use of mortuary, but not on Burial. Even a Professor of Economics should know that.

Stop misinforming the public! A burial is not a religious affair. So those they cremate in crematoria have no religions?

khattab02:



U wan kill person?


Weytin dey the second burial rite? I just wan know

A bunch of old men and women gathering to feast on food, drinks, meat, kolanuts and all other assorted chewables in the name of performing rites to give the deceased a safe passage in the spirit world. Something they could easily have done during the actual burial, but because they're thieves and gluttons, they fix a different date so they can burden you to feed their stupid stomachs.

If na the second burial wey I no go do go make my papa no waka well for the other side, make him get out! Once I put that man in the ground, I'm done with him.

Nato008:
Wastage of scarce resources really.... someone's private money, when he was hustling for it where were u..... Among all the problems this is the one he deems important, Omo as long as the don't block road or obstruct people...if the want to do carnival is there choice and money....

Whether it's my money or not, the craze and frenzy that accompanies burials down South is totally stupendous and uncalled for. I assure you, this move won't end with Soludo. In the not too distant future, other governors and HOAs will follow suit.

It's time we do away with archaic and unnecessary practices.

Calitoscassius:
I agree.


Yes, i have, we register deaths here in England and it is free, the registeration of death are ussually for future and historical references and to mornitor populations.


Talk about discomfort, here in England funeral companies advertise their businesses atleast every 20 minutes on Televisions.

It's even preferable for funeral homes to hawk their wares and services through television Ads. Not only is it an income spinner for the media houses concerned, it is a classy approach as opposed to sampling coffins by the roadside like corn and pear.

Well, death certificates are not free in Nigeria and they equally serve the same purpose. And with what Soludo has done by requesting that burials be documented, a family will find it easier getting a death certificate in the eventual run because you must have already documented the burial process earlier. All that's to be done in that case is a reconciliation of records, instead of you struggling to remember and present dates and details of when such death and burial occurred.

Chicagograduate:
What is our problem if the moon is shrinking.

Lol.
As funny as this is, if the moon is removed from its position for just one day, we're all dead people my brother.

If the moon is shrinking, they should ask Elon Musk. That man can do business with just about anything. I won't be surprised if he's chipping off pieces of the moon and selling off to his rich billionaire friends all around the globe.

The French are notorious for their vicious cut-throat approach towards business. Though a potential take-over might see significant reforms in their service delivery, but Nigerians mostly will pay through their noses just to watch cable.

The most annoying part of being a Nigerian is that we complain about things then return to adjusting and carrying on like the effects don't actually bite. As we speak, citizens of Cameroon have been on a massive MTN boycott for the past one month in protest of the astronomical rates being charged for services, mostly data. But over here, we go open twitter, abuse MTN with memes, then adjust yansh and pay the new rates.

This country just defies any logical explanation in all indices.

Something keeps nudging at the back of my mind:

After the voting is concluded for this self-referendum, what happens next? I mean, it's a good idea that Simon Ekpa has opted to use a more peaceful approach for the actualization struggle by launching a voting portal, but if my knowledge for anything referendum is much to go by, aren't the government and other peoples of the Nigerian nation supposed to be involved?

Should the outcome of the voting determine that majority of Igbos want Biafra, how do you achieve it when the Nigerian side was not involved in the process and therefore decides to pay no mind to whatever result your self-referendum births?

Those who were standing on the mandate are already having arthritis..😂.

If I no vote Tinubu for 2027, mah die! We will reinforce this failure that y'all voted in. Stupid and retarded tribalists!

Highways:
No second funeral rites?



Onitsha people will be laughing at this one because the second funeral rites is actually the main burial for them

You see that second funeral rites nonsense? The day I'll bury my father and any useless elder walks to me with that stupid talk, he'll be lucky to get home without a bullet wound.

Obnoxious2001:
Besides this law is coming from a state where the people will be willing to break the law and pay the fine.

Is this what soludo ought to be thinking about.

Odogwu abulor guy name

Break the law, pay the fines, more revenue for the government. Win-win situation, however you look at it.

tctrills:
Government should not have the power to dictate how people choose to bury their dead. We keep giving government so much power, even to make moral and private decisions for us.

I've always been an advocate for the outright ban on the flamboyant burial traditions we have down South, so I consider this to be a good move in the right direction.

We waste too much money on the dead, only to later leave the relatives of the deceased in squalor. It's an outdated practice that should be abolished. Why waste millions burying a person when those resources can be put to better use?!

Calitoscassius:
It wouldn't be fair banning the display of coffins just because it feels discomforting death is what every human will experience eventually, as i ve asserted earlier every other businesses are allowed to display their wares, every time i drive along Anambra major streets people are blocking the side roads with their wares, from bread sellers,fruit sellers, pure water, even roasting chicken almost in the middle of the road these are very hazzardous to road users and the environment.


Yes. Wealthy people obviously can afford it, but what about the poor who may be struggling financially with the burial of their dead family members, and they are billed 1500 for registrations?

We cannot just ban the display of everything we find discomforting

Apart from the discomfort it brings, it is aesthetically inappropriate for people to display goods by roadsides, whether fruits, vegetables, on-the-spot consumables or even coffins. Any decent metropolis shouldn't have to be burdened with ugly sights as such.

Have you ever heard of the "death certificate"?

I agree with all the provisions of the new law apart from the restriction on condolence visits and gifts. Government shouldn't have to determine when and how well-wishers decide to pay condolence visits to mourning families, and the quality/quantity of gifts they choose to part with.

iwaeda:
Ebi npa wa oooooo.

God punish you😊! Why you first me shout am?

E bi npa wa oo😂!

Nigga44:
Have you been to Enugu state more recently? You just want to talk nonsense

If I slap your face, your clan head will feel it in his palace!

Do I have to sleep in Enugu daily to know what's going on? Am I sleeping in Abia to know Otti is delivering governance? Am I currently in Ebonyi to know Nwifuru is doing well? That's how you people defend mediocre leaders then later lament when they're done ruining things.

Oya, remove yourself from my personal space! I hate slow people.

Calitoscassius:
As much as i agree with you on the unnercerssary waste of money on burials and the 2 months storing of corpses. Soludo is also wrong for tyring to charge 1500 to register deaths and wrong on banning the display of coffins by coffin makers. It isn't their faults people die.

There are so many businesses who supply their commodities to burial ceremonies, from chairs, tables,musics,food, wine to canopies. Why did he not ban them too? Soludo is clueless on this one.

I support the ban on public displays of caskets. Casket sale is a business like other businesses out there. People who indulge in them should rent shops or warehouses where they can arrange their caskets and people can walk in for purchase. It is very discomforting to drive along roads and be seeing different shapes and colours of coffins by the roadsides. Get a shop, arrange your coffins within and put a signpost outside.

As for the burial registration of 1,500 naira, I don't see how that's a problem. If you can spend millions burying a loved one, what's a thousand five to document the burial of your loved one with the relevant government agency?

You're somewhat right about numbers 6 and 10. Paul Biya and the Pope are not very sound in health. But Cameroon's new President will still be drawn from Biya's circle, so it's basically a merry go round.

IamAtikulate:
Now how do we remedy this situation?

Many of us in Kano relies on Niger buyers to hit good numbers. I have goods that transit to Niger from Aba through Kano, monthly.

Tinubu's stooopid moves are hurting us and will cut us off this market if don't solve this problem soon.

And we are not cut out for smuggling?

Trying to move the goods through Chad into Niger is dangerous and expensive. And when you look at it deeper, its also smuggling.

We don't want this.

Alternatively, we can move them to Niger through Benin. But its even more expensive.

Cotonou to Niamey is over 1030 KM and when you add Aba to Lagos and Lagos to Cotonou, that will double the transit time.

I don't want to even talk about logistical costs.

God will help us.

Northerners should put pressure on their governors and representatives in the national parliament, so they in turn can coerce that Aso rock relic to open the Niger borders to allow for free flow of economic activities. Clearly, the Ecowas as a West African body has lost relevance. You cannot punish citizens because of the pride of one stupid association that has never added any relevance to the member states.