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Niger has banned the printing of brochure and ceremonial dresses aka `Asoebi’ during burial rites of its at the diocese to reduce burial cost. Ven. Ikechukwu Ihemtuge, Vicar in charge of St. Andrew’s Church, Obosi, disclosed this during the church service on Sunday in Obosi Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra.

Ihemtuge said the diocese took the decision at its June 2019 synod of its 19 archdeaconry at Abatete, Idemili North Local Government Area of the state.

“The decision was that of the church to checkmate burial frivolities of the faithful and reduce the burial challenges of its ,” he said. He advised the faithful who came for outing services after the burial of their beloved ones to be informed of the new diocese laws on burial rites and advised other faithful to abide by the law. Ihemtuge said that the new law commenced from July 1 after the decision was taken in June and appealed to faithful to key into the new law for their own benefits.

“The church has discovered that many people during the burial of their loved ones encounter lots of challenges in the name of befitting burials.

“What is befitting in Christian burial is the relationship established between the people and their God and the worthy legacy after the people are gone,” he said. Ihemtuge said that the visiting official of the synod implementation committee was in the church to ensure that the decisions of the diocese in the last synod meeting were announced to the faithful.

Addressing the faithful, Mrs Tina Okoye said the decisions was to avert crime and desperation associated with the burial activities to impress people, as only God should be impressed and not man. (NAN)

https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/anglican-church-bans-brochure-asoebi-in-burials.html

Yoruba people will not like this.

Allod people to pay respect which ever way the feel.

Good, Igbos like to act many dramas in the name of rites to during times like this. Now this will save some people from needless spending.
Anyway this is only restricted to the diocese.

Hmm

Nice one

Even though since there is no Brochure/Table of events, how do people like me who attend burials mainly for the food know when 'Item 7' is due so that we can plan our gatecrashing accordingly?

Op edit the title not Anglican church but Anglican Church on the Niger.

I agree.

Good development

commendable

Sounds good abeg. Extorting in form of aso ebi will reduce in a place at least.


It's useless making people run into debts and running into debt yourself because you want to throw a society party.

Weddings should be next.

I attended a funeral at Anambra where the presiding Bishop insisted that the funeral brochure will not be used for the Requiem Mass despite protestation from some family . The Church distributed its own Order of Service which was returned after Church service. The brochure had to be distributed outside the church venue.
As per Asoebi, that one would be hard to implement in the South West

But the sad reality is that when the deceased was alive and needed help many of those spending money on funeral will not lend a helping hand to keep him/her alive

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Ori yin pe. Those ones wey dey use Wedding and Burial asoebi as serious business no go like this.

I stand with you. I am a Christian but I condemn in a strong term wastefull spending during Christian burials. I give it to musilem on this.

This is not correct. I can't imagine it in Egba diocese.

Nice

Romanoff:
Yoruba people will not like this.

cause yorubas are the only ones that print brochure and buy "aso ebi"…?
The people who would be unhappy are brochure printers/designers, tailors and aso ebi merchants.

Good but let you people also put an end to the money been paid as a result of so called money owed by a member before his death.
I was told that before a member is buried his or her monetary debts must be cleared (paid off).

Good move.
It might interest you guys to know that kidnappers and armed robbers also use burial brochures to mark their targets.

They read it and know who's doing well(rich) in a family and who's not. Also where they live.

So... No owa n be?

Romanoff:
Yoruba people will not like this.

Fool. This is how you guys go about inciting tribal war with your misguided comments. What has Yoruba got to do with the post?

What !!! . its seems, the Anglican church are preaching what we all know is a Islamic law.
That its haram to be wasteful & cause the deceased family expenses.

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Are these FOREIGN CHURCHES now deciding how AFRICANS should run their CULTURES...??Or what..??

I this..they never see food chop but over stressing to wear uniform

my own burial style is not their buisness

Good