Catholic Bishop of Awka Diocese, His Grace, Most Rev. Paulinus C. Ezeokafor has condemned the high cost of burying the dead in Igbo land.
P-Square during their Mother's funeral in Igboland, Anambra.
Delivering a sermon during the burial of Late Sylvanus Obioma Maduka, the prime minister of Umuchukwu community in Orumba South LGA of Anambra, the Catholic Bishop of Awka Diocese, His Grace, Most Rev. Paulinus C. Ezeokafor, has condemned the high cost of burying the dead in Igbo land.
The Bishop described it as an economic waste, the huge amount of money the Igbo people spend during the burial ceremony of their dead ones.
He called on Ndigbo to retract from such extravagant expenditure on burial ceremonies as that would not make the dead go to heaven, saying that what was important was for one to be drawn to God.
“All of us should strive to do good and be prepared for death as it comes like a thief. There is no repentance in the grave so everybody should work had to achieve heaven. We spend a lot in burial, we should bury the dead but not to the extent of spending that much”, the Bishop added.