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Johannesburg - The bodies of 84 South Africans who died more than three weeks ago in Lagos are believed to be
decomposing in inadequate mortuaries while Nigerian officials frustrate the South African government’s efforts to speed
up the identification process so as to be able to repatriate the remains.
According to the Sunday Independent , in some mortuaries there is no refrigeration system and bodies are being cooled
with fans only.

The newspaper reports that the Nigerian government has denied these allegations, insisting it has adequate mortuary
facilities. However in a statement issued by the South African government last week, it was mentioned that “... due to the
scale of the disaster, passage of time and climatic conditions, most of the mortal remains are not in a good state”.
The statement went on to state: “Out of concern for potential secondary trauma to the families as well as public health
considerations, government discourages all families from viewing the mortal remains.”
One government official says the delays have been caused by the Nigerian government, which has allegedly refused to
have DNA analysis conducted in South Africa even despite them not having the expertise, facilities or skills to do it
themselves.

However, the newspaper reports that it has since learnt that the Nigerian government has finally relented and has now
agreed to the DNA analysis being done in Cape Town.
On Saturday News24 reported that post mortems on all 116 people killed in the collapse of the guest house at the
Synagogue Church of All Nations in Lagos have been completed.
This brought it closer to finalising the process of bringing the remains of the 80 South Africans home, the inter-ministerial
task team on the Nigerian tragedy's spokesperson Phumla Williams said in a statement.
"While we are not sure about how much longer it will take to bring deceased South Africans home, we are encouraged
with the completion of post mortems, which bring us closer to finalising the process." Nigerian authorities had finished collecting DNA samples and were finalising administrative processes to have them taken to a forensic laboratory for comparison.The fingerprint verification process was still under way, she said. South African ambassador to Nigeria, Sam Monaisa, met Nigerian officials on Thursday to discuss the repatriation of the bodies. In another recent development, a Nigerian official told News24 Nigeria that the Lagos State Building Control Agency sealed off the guesthouse building at the Synagogue Church of All Nations (Scoan) in Lagos days before it collapsed, but the church ignored its concerns and continued with construction work. The guesthouse building collapsed on Friday 12 September 2014, killing at least 116 people, including 84 South Africans.


No approval
Government officials who spoke to News24 Nigeria said they did not give Scoan approval to add additional storeys to the
original plan. Abimbola Animashaun-Odunayo, general manager at the Lagos State Building Control Agency, said the collapsed building only had approval to be a three-storey structure.
She noted that her agency had sealed off the building a few days before the incident but the church ignored the concerns
expressed by the agency and continued working on the building.
She was, however, evasive on what action the government would take should the church be found responsible. She said
she would not want to pre-empt the outcome of the investigation and structural integrity test being carried out on the
building site.

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Nigeria. I remember a good frirnd of mine who knew his salt and onions in info tech was bidding for the contract to do finger printing machines for Nigerian police and other authourities and also that CCTV stuff. He was denied after the meetings with stake holders cos he choose to spend a large portion of the quoted price on actually delivering a good job. They wanted almost 50% of his contract charge as their own cut and he said how will he do the job and still make profit from the remaining 50%? They said ok, you cant get the job. For his reputation sake he did not change his mind and accept the offer.
It was given to someone else who may have done the job like they did the cctv jobs and citizen ID card jobs in naija.
See, how our greedy leaders are disgracing us internationaly? Its well, one day I go get power to change Naija for the best.

imagine the statement from south africa'that they intend to conduct dna from SA we refused despite we know the fact we dont have the facilities to do dna test,the way SA is commonising nigeria i dont like it during the time of aperthied in SA nigeria spent must of her funds there.SA should bringbackour$9.3million

flexing11:
imagine the statement from south africa'that they intend to conduct dna from SA we refused despite we know the fact we dont have the facilities to do dna test,the way SA is commonising nigeria i dont like it during the time of aperthied in SA nigeria spent must of her funds there.SA should bringbackour$9.3million

lol

iterator24:
lol

No be small. The guy don vexxxxx!

Dem no born SA well,na only mouth dem get...if dem like,make dem yab Naija as dem like,ma own be say,nobody beg dem make dem come synagogue...that money wey nor b yur own wey u keep,I no dash u,u must suffer for am till u return am!!!

flexing11:
imagine the statement from south africa'that they intend to conduct dna from SA we refused despite we know the fact we dont have the facilities to do dna test,the way SA is commonising nigeria i dont like it during the time of aperthied in SA nigeria spent must of her funds there. SA should bringbackour$9.3million

It is a stolen money - Finder's Keeper