Following the treat posed by the ravaging Ebola Virus Disease, the Ondo State House of Assembly on Tuesday passed the law for the disposal of bodies by cremation and for other matters connected.
The bill, which was last week presented by the state governor, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko, was passed into law after the third reading preceded by the presentation of the report of the House Committee on health, headed by Mr Bamidele Oleyelogun.
Presenting the report, the lawmaker said the committee had on Monday organised a public hearing to enable all stakeholders have an input into the bill before the passage.
According to him, the stakeholders were of the opinion that there was the need for a speedy passage without further delay in view of the prevailing circumstances in the country.
He said the committee observed that the introduction of the law would go a long way in complementing the efforts of the state government in the health sector by checking the spread of contagious diseases in the state.
Oloyelogun also said the law had taken care of any hazard that may occur to any health personnel in the line of duty at the crematorium in such way that they would not be exposed to any contact with the remains of any person that died of contagious disease.
The Majority Leader of the House, Dayo Akinsoyinu, representing Ondo West constituency two, noted that the public hearing attracted people from the health sector leading to a robust report of the committee.
Moving the motion for the passage of the bill, Akinsoyinu said the law would further improve the health sector and protect the people of the state.
The Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. Jumoke Akindele, said the law was in response to the Ebola Virus scourge, adding that it would make the bodies of affected people properly disposed.
She said the move became necessary since experts had said that one of the ways of preventing tbe spread of the disease is proper disposal of bodies.
Akindele, however, noted that the law would still be in operation after the world would have been able to solve the ebola problem as it would give people choice over cremation.
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