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Luke Ashinze Tasks Oshimli North Council Boss on Consideration of a Cemetery in Ibusa


 Luke Ashinze Tasks Oshimli North Council Boss on Consideration of a Cemetery in Ibusa


By Emeka Esogbue


Prominent Ibusa indigene, Mr. Luke Ashinze has tasked Hon Innocent Esewezie, the Executive Chairman of Oshimili North Local Government Area with the consideration of a policy that would birth for use, a tract of land where the dead in the community would be buried. 


Mr. Ashinze who disclosed this in Umejei Descendants, a macro WhatsApp blog created to unite the people of the community, in a post submitted by him, also asked that enabling laws be made to ensure the implementation of the use of the cemetery in the community. 


"Sincerely, I have just realized that our focused Executive Chairman of Oshimili North Local Government Area is on (sic) this platform. May I politely ask him and his administration to critically consider having a policy in Ibusa that will establish a central cemetery? It could be a cultural change difficult to effect," Ashinze pleaded. 


"Success of the implementation of the policy is wholly dependent on the way, manner, and execution processes. However, in my view, it should not be a solely cane approach, but a cane and carrot approach, a sort of punitive and incentive approach."


According to him, the approach would require placing sanctions on those who refuse to use the cemetery and also incentives for those who decide to use it.


In another development, Mr. Victor Asiana, another indigene of the community had yesterday, Friday, in Anioma Watch, a group created for news and feedback on Anioma affairs posed a question to His Excellency, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, the Delta State Governor, over what is holding back the Ibusa-Asaba Road in the community. 


Responding to a similar subject, the author and former Vice-President of the Ibusa Community Development Union (ICDU) stressed, "what has happened to Igbuzor-Asaba Road? I wouldn't want to go beyond that. I had expressed my disappointment about the abysmal failure of the successful Delta State administration to complete this job some six years ago. I got some non-plausible responses.

It seems to me Governor Okowa would also leave office without its completion. What's the problem surrounding this project? There must be something incredibly wrong. Can someone please enlighten me?"


Critics say Ibusa, a community located about 6 miles from Asaba, the state capital, is known to rely mostly on self-help despite its closeness to Asaba and a good number of government officials from the community. 

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