OHANEZE Ndigbo has set aside October 7 and 8, 2011 for reburial of all Biafran soldiers of Delta State origin who died in the Nigerian Civil War.

This, according to Chief Rommy Ezeonwuka, a member of the Reburial/War Heroes Memorial Committee, is prelude to the more elaborate arrangement already slated for January 12 to 14, 2012 at Okwe, Okigwe in Imo State at the five thousand hectares of land where tablets/monuments would be unveiled in memory of all Igbo who were killed in the war.

The reburial plan is part of efforts at spiritual healing and cleansing of Igboland from its contemporary social woes and retardation which are believed took a more noticeable turn since the civil war.

The memorial site was donated by the leader of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), Chief Ralph Uwazurike.

“Besides, the burial committee has also mapped out and sent emissaries to all Igbo linkages in the diaspora, especially those taken as refugees during the war to Gabon, Ivory Coast and other places, to recover and re-establish contacts and brotherly relationship with them. It is aimed at re-inventing the hunger and initiate the process for their safe and easy passage and eventual return to their fatherland,” for those willing, Ezeonwuka said.

They also have plans to extend the consciousness to all the ex-slaves shipped away to parts of the world from Igboland.

According to Ezeonwuka, owner of the Rojenny Tourist and Games Village in Oba, Idemili South council of Anambra State, no business or social activity would hold in any community or part of Igboland other than those lined up or associated with the formal burial of all the wartime dead.

An all night interdenominational memorial vigil and special prayers for the peaceful repose of souls of all those who died in the war would be held simultaneously in all communities on January 12, while the reburial proper comes up the next day.

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Ohanaeze should be heavily involved in the social welfare of Ndigbo than meddling in politics. Politics should be left to the Igbo political forum (IPF).

I expect Ohanaeze to have since, among other initiatives, conducted an Igbo census to determine how many Ndigbo are in Nigeria. They could've even gone further by registering all Ndigbo in an institutionalized database management system and setup Ohanaeze welfare outlets in all major cities in Nigeria and beyond e.g. New York, Houston, Washington, Maryland, London, Amsterdam etc where Ndigbo are known to reside in large numbers.

Funding isn't really a problem. Its organizing it that's the problem.

Onlytruth:

Posted by: dem_people
I believe that there is a very thin line between "social welfare" and politics proper. I hate talk bodies where folks simply go to talk, drink palm wine and go home. We've had that all through these years.
Ohanaeze is on the right path. It is involved in the socio-politico-cultural emancipation of Igboland.
Enough of splitting hairs. We have too many Igbo political bodies and all they do is divide us into infinitesimal parts, hence impotent whole.

@topic,

GREAT initiative by Ohanaeze and Uwazurike.

Onlytruth:

Posted by: dem_people
I believe that there is a very thin line between "social welfare" and politics proper. I hate talk bodies where folks simply go to talk, drink palm wine and go home. We've had that all through these years.
Ohanaeze is on the right path. It is involved in the socio-politico-cultural emancipation of Igboland.
Enough of splitting hairs. We have too many Igbo political bodies and all they do is divide us into infinitesimal parts, hence impotent whole.

@topic,

GREAT initiative by Ohanaeze and Uwazurike.  

IYA NGBALI:

abeg make dem dey fast with it,i am into casket business i would like to supply dem with some good quality casket,their prices are moderate

Andre Uweh:

Poor boy, you are a no brainer. So this is all you can come up with. It's nice to note that you have prepared for your burial and has acquired all sorts of casket for that purpose. Unfortunately, you will be buried with only one.

The reburial plan is [size=14pt]part of efforts at spiritual healing and cleansing of Igboland from its contemporary social woes and retardation which are believed took a more noticeable turn since the civil war[/size].

ezeagu:

This forum is not the right place to post such topics.

Reggie2:

I agree that posting this topic here will not do any good because, some nit wits who know little or nothing about the Biafran war and, who care less about Ohaneze's mass burial, will spit on it. Ndigbo who understand the significance of this initiative will not like illiterates though entitled to their own opinion, to whip up unnecessary anger. Having said this, I commend those who remembered to bury and honour the dead. Whether the rest of the country likes to hear it or not, gallant Biafran soldiers who fought to defend the igbo population did not die in vain!!!  The Israelites did it after the holocaust, the Americans and all other nations honour unknown soldiers. Ndigbo have a right to bury and honour their heroes.