According to sources from People's Gazette, the Enugu State Internal Revenue Service Chairman, Emmanuel Nnamani revealed this on Saturday in response to a viral circular addressed to mortuary attendants in the State.
The circular instructed mortuary attendants to ensure that a fee of N40 per day is paid for corpses that are not buried within 24 hours.
The payments must be made before the collection of the Corpses for burial,with the funds remitted directly to the State Government as Mortuary tax.
The circular instructed mortuary attendants to ensure that a fee of N40 per day is paid for corpses that are not buried within 24 hours.
The payments must be made before the collection of the Corpses for burial,with the funds remitted directly to the State Government as Mortuary tax.
So dead ppl need to be buried within hours of their death now🤣 Everything on Earth is pricey, birthing, living and dying all comes at a cost. Whew!
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DeleteHmmm na wah o
This isn't a good one. Another avenue the government wants to make money even from the dead. There are corpse that tradition deems they're kept and a befitting burial done.
ReplyDeleteGradually everything in Nigeria is becoming taxable.
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You are one of those that didn't read the memo but are only reacting to the headline.
DeleteHow does N40 per day amount to revenue generation.
N4 o, not N4k or N40k
More revenue for the government but will the money be channelled to the right use?
ReplyDeleteWhat is #40 that can discourage an igbo man from doing what he planned to do
DeleteNa waoooo
ReplyDeleteThis is not right bikowu
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Person no free from tax even after death. O ga ooo. #40 is not bad sha.
ReplyDeleteIt's a good one,
ReplyDelete"Let the dead bury their dead", Luke 9:60.
This will remove incurred debt many acquire for burial. Pesin wey don die don die, that's why I respect Muslim burial.
God bless you for this comment. I wish all and sundry will begin to reason like this concerning this matter
DeleteI like how Muslims bury their dead too.
DeleteThat traditionalist is up there saying some corpse should be kept and given a befitting burial. As in a dead person that doesn't know left from right again. That is why they go and rob or do drug trafficking to do burial.
Why keep a dead body for weeks or months?
Sick tradition.
I wish other state governors would adopt this.
Hmmmm!!!
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N40 is highly ridiculous. It ought to be N10,000 per day starting after 10 days of keeping the corpse in the morgue, if the purpose of introducing the tax is to be achieved. The culture of keeping the dead for too long and spending outrageously on burial must be discouraged at all costs. It just doesn’t make sense.
ReplyDelete10000 per day after days makes a lot of sense. Let me see if they will still store bodies in morgues for a 'befitting' burial
DeleteIf you like commit suicide because of debt, you go still pay tax as a dead body.
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DeleteDead body will rise up and pay tax, go and collect it from the dead na
24 hours is too short for the south pls
ReplyDeletePeople need time to grieve a little and even let everyone know of the death
40 naira is too small self
ReplyDeleteDouble wahala for dead bodies
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