What Enugu’s Mortuary Tax Means For Dead Bodies – Nigerian Senator

Former Kaduna Senator, Shehu Sani has reacted to the tax imposed on dead bodies in mortuaries by the Enugu State Government.

Recall that the Enugu State Government had on Saturday provided clarity to the controversial mortuary tax imposed on corpses in the state.

The state government, through the Executive Chairman of the State Internal Revenue Service, Mr Emmanuel Nnamani, said the reason for tax was not a revenue-generating measure.

Nnamani added that it was, instead, to discourage excessive storage of dead bodies in mortuaries.

He clarified in reaction to the Mortuary Tax circular addressed to all mortuary attendants.

Details of the circular said the ESIRS in line with the provisions of Section 34 of the Birth, Deaths and Burials Law Cap 15 Revised Laws of Enugu State 2004, approved the implementation of the mortuary tax.

Part of the circular reads, “The sum of N40 only is to be paid by owners of a corpse once it was not buried within 24 hours. The amount continues to count daily.

“Kindly ensure that owners of corpses make the payments before collection of the corpses for burial and then remit same to the ESIRS in any commercial bank under the mortuary tax in Enugu State IGR Account.”

Reacting to this development, Shehu Sani in a short post on his X handle on Sunday, opined that the tax on corpses means that people can no longer rest in peace.

He wrote, “Taxing Dead bodies in Enugu finally means people can no longer rest in peace.”

Shehu Sani since he left the senate, has become a public commentator, always reacting to issues of public discourse.

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