How I Changed The Funeral Industry In Nigeria - Dr Kevin Chukwumobi (apams) - Business - Nairaland
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| How I Changed The Funeral Industry In Nigeria - Dr Kevin Chukwumobi (apams) by AnambraPeople(op): 7:24am On Apr 07 |
How I Changed the Funeral Industry in Nigeria - Dr Kevin Chukwumobi (Apams) Chief Dr. Kevin Chukwumobi, Nigeria’s foremost undertaker and CEO of Apams Funeral Limited, has reflected on his impressive journey of transforming the country’s funeral industry, turning what was once a rustic, chaotic affair into a modern, structured enterprise that now serves as a model across Africa. Speaking in an interview, Dr. Chukwumobi recalled how funerals in Nigeria were previously riddled with disorder, exploitation, and undue stress for bereaved families. In those days, he explained, arranging a burial meant navigating unreliable service providers, disorganized logistics, and cultural superstitions. He also recalled that in those days, most families often faced deception from hearse operators who claimed that the deceased/the corpse “refused to go home”, just as a means of extorting money from the bereaved family under the guise of performing one or two things to make the corpse go home. According to him, these and others were the realities Apams Funeral Ltd changed by venturing into burial undertaking services. He said he changed the narrative by professionalizing key aspects of funeral management, both from ambulances and caskets to grave-lowering devices, all for a primary purpose of creating a one-stop structure that relieved mourners and bereaved families of unnecessary burdens. Dr. Chukwumobi noted that, today, instead of scrambling for caskets or struggling to find reliable handlers, bereaved families can simply walk into any of Apams’ casket centers or offices nationwide to access ready services. Before Apams, he recalled, families and mourners often became sick from the physical and emotional stress of managing burial arrangements, but now, with Apams and its well-organized packages, families can only focus on mourning and remembrance rather than logistics. According to him, the company has also revolutionized corpse transportation, enabling families to fly loved ones home from cities like Lagos and Abuja within minutes, a process, he said, previously took grueling road journeys. The Apams CEO said another landmark innovation of the company was the introduction of mechanical lowering devices, which ended years of exploitation by local youths who charged exorbitant amounts of money from mourners to lower caskets into graves. These innovations, he emphasized, were not only about convenience but about dignity, decency, and giving families peace of mind at their most vulnerable moments. “Virtually every modern innovation you see in today’s burial practices was pioneered by Apams,” he reflected, noting that the transformation has also opened up numerous job opportunities and professionalized an industry once regarded with fear and disdain. Concluding, Dr. Chukwumobi said the story of Apams was one of vision, resilience, and service, describing it as a revolution that has forever changed how Nigerians bury their dead and loved ones. https://anambrapeople.com.ng/2026/04/07/how-i-changed-the-funeral-industry-in-nigeria-dr-kevin-chukwumobi-apams/
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| Re: How I Changed The Funeral Industry In Nigeria - Dr Kevin Chukwumobi (apams) by zoedew: 7:28am On Apr 07 |
Considering the business he is into he is appropriately dressed. |
| Re: How I Changed The Funeral Industry In Nigeria - Dr Kevin Chukwumobi (apams) by Tenses: 7:53am On Apr 07 |
zoedew:And he has the look of his merchandise. |
| Re: How I Changed The Funeral Industry In Nigeria - Dr Kevin Chukwumobi (apams) by morikee: 7:53am On Apr 07 |
How you changed Funeral Industry ke |
| Re: How I Changed The Funeral Industry In Nigeria - Dr Kevin Chukwumobi (apams) by Urgent1Million: 7:54am On Apr 07 |
His business is flourishing because burials are now ceremonies to show off rather than just committing a corpse to earth and solemn moments for the bereaved to reflect. |
| Re: How I Changed The Funeral Industry In Nigeria - Dr Kevin Chukwumobi (apams) by miracle002(m): 7:55am On Apr 07 |
Why is he always on black. The kind places where these people belong to is strong oo |
| Re: How I Changed The Funeral Industry In Nigeria - Dr Kevin Chukwumobi (apams) by Onewazobia(m): 7:55am On Apr 07 |
| Re: How I Changed The Funeral Industry In Nigeria - Dr Kevin Chukwumobi (apams) by Pootle: 7:55am On Apr 07 |
poor man death no concern this man |
| Re: How I Changed The Funeral Industry In Nigeria - Dr Kevin Chukwumobi (apams) by saintbillion(m): 7:57am On Apr 07 |
Urgent1Million:I no think so ooo. Weti concern Muslim and casket |
| Re: How I Changed The Funeral Industry In Nigeria - Dr Kevin Chukwumobi (apams) by Tenses: 7:57am On Apr 07 |
"He also recalled that in those days, most families often faced deception from hearse operators who claimed that the deceased/the corpse “refused to go home”, just as a means of extorting money from the bereaved family under the guise of performing one or two things to make the corpse go home." This up there 🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕got be laughing 😃 my ass out. My Igbo people sef. |
| Re: How I Changed The Funeral Industry In Nigeria - Dr Kevin Chukwumobi (apams) by Elzazzi: 7:57am On Apr 07 |
Urgent1Million:That’s most prevalent in the region he hails from! |
| Re: How I Changed The Funeral Industry In Nigeria - Dr Kevin Chukwumobi (apams) by Toosure70: 8:01am On Apr 07 |
Lol, say in your village. I don't know you man |
| Re: How I Changed The Funeral Industry In Nigeria - Dr Kevin Chukwumobi (apams) by Urgent1Million: 8:01am On Apr 07 |
saintbillion:That's the one thing that Islam does right. No matter how wealthy a muslim is, they'll never waste money on caskets and feeding some hungry folks just to bury a dead person. The enemies of the dead of their family are even the ones that struggle for food the most during burials. |
| Re: How I Changed The Funeral Industry In Nigeria - Dr Kevin Chukwumobi (apams) by Urgent1Million: 8:02am On Apr 07 |
Elzazzi:Yes. That's why he'll never open a branch in the core Northern parts of Nigeria. |
| Re: How I Changed The Funeral Industry In Nigeria - Dr Kevin Chukwumobi (apams) by saintbillion(m): 8:10am On Apr 07 |
Urgent1Million:I'm telling u. Some even call a burial, party. I've heard someone saying she's going for party. When I ask what type of party, she responded a Burial. I was so shocked |
| Re: How I Changed The Funeral Industry In Nigeria - Dr Kevin Chukwumobi (apams) by Af0nja2: 8:11am On Apr 07*. Modified: 8:36am On Apr 07 |
AnambraPeople:These guys and chest-beating. They are hole up in the East oblivious of what is happening in other places in Nigeria. It would have been better to limit his achievement to the East and not the entire country. How can a 55-years old guy describe himself as Nigeria's foremost undertaker? In what sense? What is the yardstick? Most of them are revisionists! That was how they claimed to have started Nollywood (theatre) in Nigeria, a craft that was started as far back as 1944 by Pa Ogunde. For the benefit of those interested in the history of funeral homes in glamorous level in Nigeria, this is for you. Modern funeral business in Nigeria started in 1946 by Pa Theophilus Oladipupo Okusanya when he started MIC Funeral Homes. Today, MIC is cited as the pioneer of the modern funeral industry in Nigeria. It was the first to professionalize and "glamorize" the business, moving it beyond simple coffin-making. Today, the children have taken over, diversifed and taken it beyond the shores of the country when they founded other outfits like LTJ Funerals International. We also have Ebony Funeral Home (Lagos, with presence in Abuja and Ikoyi vaults/cemetery). This was founded around 1985. There are others like Omega Funeral Home, TOS Funerals and many others, operating mostly in the Western part of Nigeria. So, when these revisionists come with their garbages, there is a need to correct them and put them where they belong. If a falsehood is said repeatedly, it often leads to a psychological phenomenon where people begin to believe it is true, regardless of its factual accuracy. |
| Re: How I Changed The Funeral Industry In Nigeria - Dr Kevin Chukwumobi (apams) by gulfer: 8:14am On Apr 07 |
Chest beating don start, wetin make the likes of M.I.C,Ebony,TOS come say ![]() |
| Re: How I Changed The Funeral Industry In Nigeria - Dr Kevin Chukwumobi (apams) by madridguy(m): 8:16am On Apr 07 |
It should be: How I Changed the Funeral Industry in South East, Nigeria. |
| Re: How I Changed The Funeral Industry In Nigeria - Dr Kevin Chukwumobi (apams) by madridguy(m): 8:18am On Apr 07 |
He is just trying to tell everyone that he knows what to do to pacify such deceased/corpse to take them home for burial. Tenses: |
| Re: How I Changed The Funeral Industry In Nigeria - Dr Kevin Chukwumobi (apams) by NoToPile: 8:21am On Apr 07 |
This just made me remember the Okusanya man from MIC funeral home. I don't think any body hears anything about the business again, did the business continue after the death of the man and his son? |
| Re: How I Changed The Funeral Industry In Nigeria - Dr Kevin Chukwumobi (apams) by Kenobsky(m): 8:24am On Apr 07 |
And he is looking like a corpse |
| Re: How I Changed The Funeral Industry In Nigeria - Dr Kevin Chukwumobi (apams) by dreamwords: 8:26am On Apr 07 |
he looks like a ghost no lies |
| Re: How I Changed The Funeral Industry In Nigeria - Dr Kevin Chukwumobi (apams) by FBIBOT(m): 8:26am On Apr 07 |
Urgent1Million:LOL Muslims cook and do burial parties.... It just the burying that is simplified and done without embalment which is quite impressive... After that they fix date for the proper partying and merriment |
| Re: How I Changed The Funeral Industry In Nigeria - Dr Kevin Chukwumobi (apams) by clockwisereport: 8:26am On Apr 07 |
miracle002:What is wrong with wearing black? I love black and always wear it |
| Re: How I Changed The Funeral Industry In Nigeria - Dr Kevin Chukwumobi (apams) by depure(m): 8:28am On Apr 07 |
miracle002:Mentality because he wears black it means he belongs somewhere |
| Re: How I Changed The Funeral Industry In Nigeria - Dr Kevin Chukwumobi (apams) by zoedew: 8:29am On Apr 07 |
Tenses:That one is subjective! I no know book oooo.😅 |
| Re: How I Changed The Funeral Industry In Nigeria - Dr Kevin Chukwumobi (apams) by Thundafireseun: 8:33am On Apr 07 |
Urgent1Million:Im not a Muslim and I will never be a Muslim…. But Islam and Muslims do everything right… |
| Re: How I Changed The Funeral Industry In Nigeria - Dr Kevin Chukwumobi (apams) by donmik: 8:42am On Apr 07 |
Southern Nigeria has cultures that will keep them economically backwards for long I know many can't reason this my statement well |
| Re: How I Changed The Funeral Industry In Nigeria - Dr Kevin Chukwumobi (apams) by Portiphaaa: 8:57am On Apr 07 |
Unnecessary Expenses, spend millions burying the dead while the living nearby are starving... |
| Re: How I Changed The Funeral Industry In Nigeria - Dr Kevin Chukwumobi (apams) by erad(m): 9:05am On Apr 07 |
How you changed it or how you capitalized on people's grief and vanity to make burials a luxury? |
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