Kano Bomb Blast-DVI an Inevitable Issue

Some report today in the media indicates an inevitable consequence of disasters of this nature. The story in the story is that we are never ready for such inevitability and as predicted  there is already talks of "mass burial" of "unidentified remains". This move is justifiably resisted by concerned individuals and groups as reported in the punch newspapers: .....In Kano, the President of Ohanaeze Ndigbo in the state, Chief Tobias Idika,said the association was opposed to any plan to conduct a mass burial for bodies yet to be identified.
Idika, in a telephone interview with one of our correspondents, explained that he and other members of the association were worried about reports of a planned mass burial of such bodies.
He said, “So far, relatives of the dead have identified 35 bodies. Some identified their dead using the clothes they wore last. Some used their shoes and other physical attributes because some of them were badly burnt; others had their faces still intact. We are still trying to identify others but we now hear that there are plans to conduct a mass burial.
“We are worried about this information. We would like to use this opportunity to warn the Kano State Government and the Police not to bury our people in a mass grave because this will increase tension. We will like to see the bodies of our people to give them a proper burial.
“How do you tell a mother, father, brother or sister that their loved one is dead and you do not have the body for them to see and bury properly? It is not done. We have suffered enough; people must not add salt to our injury by committing further abominations against us.” 

How much will it cost Nigeria and her component States to have a standing DVI Team and facilities for a proper disaster victim identification? When are we ever going be appropriately responsive as a matter of routine? A mass burial to the victims of this senseless attack may be far worse than the physical pains and horror of the act itself. We owe the deceased some simple dignity and right to be properly identified, and granted decent burial in accordance with their culture.