OPINION BY YINKA OLAITO: Southern Nigerians’ obsession with private funeral homes | TheCable
crying associated with the vacuum created by the individual, what the person had done, whom s/he raised, position in the family, community and cultural concerns among many other things come into play in the decision of final funeral rites.
In the Southern part of the nation, predominantly non-Islamic region except for a few, funerals are big deals with several events which attract huge financial resources. Funeral in some instances is accorded a similar level of prominence as birth and marriage. This is especially so if the deceased had lived a long life, was rich, and had a prominent position in the family or society among other factors.Funeral ceremonies may reveal social status.
In southern Nigeria, private funeral homes are almost everywhere. From Lagos, Abeokuta, Ibadan, Oshogbo, Oyo, Onitsha, Benin, Port Harcourt, Ede, Uyo, Ikere Ekiti, and Awka among many other cities are countless. Funeral home services start with mortuary services. The public mortuaries are not well maintained though cheaper. To keep a corpse for a day at funeral homes ranges from N15,000 to N50,000.
Since I have been asking this question. In 2018 I asked Biodun whose family wanted to go the same route around 2018, what is too much? According to him: “This private initiative allows members of the public to honour their dead ones as well as gives rest of mind that your departed soul can rest without the fear of someone coming to cut some parts for sales”.
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