Angry natives of Eziowelle Community in Idemili North LGA of Anambra state have protested over the exorbitant funeral cost in the community.
The
community leaders have been accused of forcing every bereaved family to pay the
sum of One Million Naira (N1million) as a funeral levy before they bury their
loved ones.
On
Tuesday, some of the disgruntled members expressed their grievance to the media, saying that bodies of their loved ones
spent months in morgues due the inability of the family members to raise the
compulsory levy.
The
community stakeholders were led by Chief Felix Okafor and Emeka Akukwe.
They
said:-
“As
soon as the leadership of the town came on board about three years ago, they
imposed a burial levy of N1million on every bereaved family in the community
before they can commence funeral arrangements of their loved ones.
“This
ugly development have forced many to abandon their loved ones in mortuaries for
months until they can raise money to pay for the levy,”.
The
stakeholders who also accused the leadership of demanding a compulsory levy of
N1million to the town union before commencement of any building in the community,
said failure to comply to the directive attracted attacks by thugs.
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