Woa! Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola (SAN) stunned a
gathering in Lekki yesterday when he said four years ago, he bought his own
vault where his remains would be interred. He told journalists after inspecting
the site of the new cemetery in Ibeju-Lekki that death is a necessary end that
will come when it will come, saying there is the need for people to prepare for
it.
According to him, "we are here to inspect a cemetery, we
often don’t like to talk about, but there is a need for it because the
population continues to expand and the Lekki sub-region is growing very fast.
"If you look at it, the Ikoyi Cemetery, the Abari and all of
that are more than 100 years old and they were built by colonialists and left
behind for us and when you look at the way they have also managed them, many
families cannot even visit the vaults where their loved ones are resting.
"We have this strategic partnership now with the private
sector and they are going to deliver a cemetery like no other. They will manage
it and make the cost also competitive. There will be high, medium and low
density vaults for people who really want to make a statement at their exit. It is the truism of life, everyone who comes must go so as
we are building hospitals, roads, schools, imbibing survival strategy, we must
also plan for the end.
"This sounds as something people don’t wan to discuss. I
have bought my vault. It surprises people. I paid for it four years ago. As I
always tell people, if you come here for life you must plan to go. Those who
don’t want to go, should not come," Fashola said.
16 Comments
Well hes right
ReplyDeleteOMG! how many peeps can do this?
ReplyDeleteDoes he want to die soon?
ReplyDeleteHope he won't buy his own coffin too
ReplyDeleteA big lesson 4 Christians
ReplyDeleteHe isn't afraid of death.
ReplyDeleteHow many people can do this??
ReplyDeleteHiyen!
ReplyDeleteHope he isn't wishing himself death.
ReplyDeleteThis is a big one o!
ReplyDeleteMaybe his wife didn't kow
ReplyDeleteVery sad...
ReplyDeleteMay we write RIP in advance?
ReplyDeletedis is a bit hard...
ReplyDeleteThat's cool for him.
ReplyDeleteDat's wat he believes
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