Ondo State Government said onTuesday that necessary arrangements had been made to promulgate a law banning the sale of coffins near hospitals.
The State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Dayo Adeyanju, stated this in Akure during the inauguration of a programme tagged, ‘Working Together for Health’.
The programme was aimed at coordinating activities of health workers to ensure maximum service delivery at the state hospital and all the state’s health institutions.
Adeyanju said, “Government was greatly disturbed by the advertisement of death accessories to those who need encouragement to survive.
“The activities of shroud and coffin sellers within the vicinity of the state Specialists Hospitalsin Akure and other health facilities across the state are worrisome”
“The activities of these merchants of accessories of death is already constituting a nuisance within our hospital environment.
“It is highly disturbing to see advertisements of coffins at our hospital gates.
“What message are the promoters of these businesses sending to the sick who should be in the right frame of mind to receive treatment.
“You should not be seen promoting death where we are encouraging and sustaining life.”
The commissioner said a bill seeking to ban the sales of these items would soon be sent to the House of Assembly for passage.


http://www.punchng.com/news/ondo-plans-banning-sale-of-coffins-near-hospitals/

......i hope the doctors and nurses dont have vested stake in the success of coffin sale.

.Do we really need a Law for this?!

How does a cofin shop near or far away from a Hospital affect the quality of Healthcare?!

Na wah for Nigeria o!!

This is irrelevant,people will still die.

I tot close to the hospital is a gud site and easy access for those that dnt want to be rub of prices from brother and in-law
Does nearness to market increase death?

But why now This will save time and energy.

Buy one get one free !!!

joblessness of the highest order on the part of The Ondo State Government, really ow does that Affect?? Mtchewwww.........

double wahala for deady body...

Let the coffins be there. Don't you know that it will aid quick recovery by the time a patient sights them? Infact, the fear of coffin is the beginning of health.

That is a wayforward we should promote a good standard of living. Not dead

Dudu_Negro: ......i hope the doctors and nurses dont have vested stake in the success of coffin sale.

Dudu Negro! u go kill us with laughter for this forum woo! you mean say na colaborated business between the health workers and the coffin makers ?

Igbos with bad business that will send them 2 hell.why are selling coffin 4 hospital side. Useless tribe animal Bleep thier great mama b4 produce igbo.marijuana

so the bereaved will still spend alot of money locating a place to buy coffin?? why do our government leave pressing issues for just nonsense...i tire for this governors self ..abi the guy dey fear to die as his kaduna counterpart?

jamace: Let the coffins be there. Don't you know that it will aid quick recovery by the time a patient sights them? Infact, the fear of coffin is the beginning of health.

lol...

. . . “Government
was greatly disturbed by the
advertisement of death
accessories to those who
need encouragement to
survive. . .

D.O.A. Nigerians no go kill me with laff. The other day, I saw an advert in complete sports media print and I quote "BONANZA! BONANZA!! BONANZA!!! Buy 2 coffins and get 1 free" and I was like wtf?!!

And how does selling coffin near hospitals help to aid death, may be d commissioner have forgotten that "what will be will be". So whether d coffin seller are near or far, those who will die will still die, and those who will not, will not, no matter how close the coffin sellers are.

People will still die in any case but there's sense in the gov't's proposal.

How does that affect the health quality ?

ojuikwu: Igbos with bad business that will send them 2 hell.why are selling coffin 4 hospital side. Useless tribe animal Bleep thier great mama b4 produce igbo.marijuana

how does this make sense to you? answer before thunder go fire you

Okija_juju: .Do we really need a Law for this?!

How does a cofin shop near or far away from a Hospital affect the quality of Healthcare?!

Na wah for Nigeria o!!

No mind dem jare. Dey are jst jobless

YOU GUYS DONT UNDERSTAND THE REALITY ON GROUND. WETHER PEOPLE WILL DIE OR NOT.

HOW CAN YOU BE PASTING POSTERS OF COFFINS HERE AND THERE WETIN THE HOSPITAL PREMISES.

POSTER OF GOOD HEALTH AND WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT ARE MEANT TO BE THERE NOT COFFINS.

IS LIKE A DOCTOR TELLING HIS PATIENT THAT THIS YOUR SICKNESS WILL KILL YOU O. EVEN IF IT HAS JUST KILLED SOMEBODY IT IS UNETHICAL TO DISCOURAGE YOUR PATIENTS.

I SUPPORT THE INITIATIVES. WE SHALL NOT DIE YOUNG BUT TO LEAVE TO DECLARE THE GLORY OF THE LORD. IN JESUS NAME. AMEN

WE SUPPOSE TO SEE POSTERS LIKE THIS:

wherever they pursue them go people must die and they must be buried with coffin except for muslims

the govt know much about JUJU....lemme hands off for OKIJA JUJU

ojuikwu: Igbos with bad business that will send them 2 hell.why are selling coffin 4 hospital side. Useless tribe animal Bleep thier great mama b4 produce igbo.marijuana

Attention seeker,i hope u get plenty of it and laff ur self off.

Good move

Bt,how near is "near"?

Hhhhmmmm, encouraging and sustaining life, my foot:
Sustainig life, when d roads have already become death traps all ove d places, no law to address that.
Sustaining life when children are hawking on d main road, in order not to die of hunger, no law to ban that and proffer solution.
Sustaing life, when many pple are dying of hunger, no law to look into that.
Sustainig life, when there is no gainful employment for graduate youths, some are even thinking of committing suicide, when life is no longer bearable for them, no law to look into that.
Misplaced priority, they want to ban coffin sellers around hospitals, but they are not loking into why pple are dying,,,,,,shameless set of peple.

hmmmm na wa oo

what is this display of awkward/futile mentality by semi-educated swayers in authority?
banning okada to curb crime
put red sticker on your rear bumper
banning tinted glass to identify thieves
banning coffin sale near hospital to sustain life ...etc....

I wonder if people think with their anus
SMH!

Hahaha;Dhhahahahahhaahh . What is with these Government with banning? I wonder if some of them don't know simple Economic-Business Principle. To start up a biz, one of the criteria is you need to have a ready market and very close to resources.

The sale of coffins even give potential users to point out the one they want b4 the unthinkable happens. It can even serve as a point of reminder for those who are yet to write a "WILL" to do so. Also to those who leave reckless lives to meet God b4 they kick Gee Pee Tank

I think there should be a re-think of the proposed banning action

ojuikwu: Igbos with bad business that will send them 2 hell.why are selling coffin 4 hospital side. Useless tribe animal Bleep thier great mama b4 produce igbo.marijuana

Because you are a waste to your generation and family, one of those coffins will be a good source of accommodation for you.