Quoting The Legendary Shakespeare, Emotional Fashola Buys Vault At Lagos Cemetery For His Burial

While inspecting ongoing projects in Ibeju-Lekki and on Lagos Island which includes a new cemetery, the Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola openly disclosed that he has bought his own vault where his remains would be buried when he joined his ancestors more than four years ago. He observed that death “is a necessary end that will come when it will come”,
quoting Shakespeare, saying there is need for people to prepare for it.

“We are here to inspect a cemetery. We often do not like to talk about, but there is a need for it because the population continue to expand and the Lekki sub- region is growing very fast.
“If you look at Ikoyi Cemetery, Abari Cemetery and all of that are more than 100 years old, they were built by colonialists and left behind for us. 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 private sector. The investors 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 that 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 do not want 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 do not want to go should not come.”