To prevent encroachment and the continuous destruction of graves at the Bimbilla cemetery in the Nanumba North Municipality in the Northern Region, the former Regional Minister, Salifu Saeed has donated equipment to construct a fence wall around the facility.
The construction of the wall has become necessary due to urbanisation and some ungodly acts being perpetrated at the cemetery.
Usually, in every community, there is a place reserved for the dead. It is mostly on the outskirts of the town, where human activities are limited.
Recently because of population growth and urbanisation, people have built very close to cemeteries and residents now find it difficult to get land for the dead.
Cattle have also turned the place for grazing and in the process caused damage to the graves.
It is against this background that the call for protection of the Bimbilla cemetery has become very important for the people.
Bimbilla is the capital of the Nanumba North municipality, and it also has a municipal hospital. Thus, the cemetery there is not only for residents of Bimbilla, but for strangers as well.
The former Northern regional minister Salifu Saeed has taken the lead to construct a fence wall around the cemetery.
It is believed that when this is done, it will help prevent some of the unfortunate happenings there.
The former minister provided bags of cement, sea sand, equipment for moulding of blocks and an amount of GH¢10,000.
Presenting the material on behalf of the former minister, Chief Wumbei Zakaria Gmaba Naa spoke on the need for the fence wall.
“Fencing of the cemetery has become necessary because of encroachment. People are now encroaching on the lands of the cemetery and also animals and some unscrupulous people go in there to do all manner of things, and we think it’s time for the cemetery to be fenced to prevent it”.
He called on other Nanumbas and other benevolent organisations and individuals to emulate the gesture of the former minister.
“I want to urge and call on fellow Nanumbas and other benevolent individuals and organisations to show commitment towards the project. The people of Bimbilla should try to own it. Masons and any other artisan should all come out to support.”
Chairman of the committee responsible for the cemetery, Chief Dasoli Kukuo Naa, expressed the gratitude of the committee to the former minister for his support.
“We are grateful for the support that the former minister has given, and we want to assure him that it would be put to good use”.
The caretaker of the cemetery, who sometimes drive away people who come there to perpetuate evil deeds, shared with Citi News his usual encounters with people.
“All the time, people come here to engage in evil acts by digging graves and also put things into graves ”
He said if the fence wall is done, it would go a long way to help in the protection of the cemetery.
“If the fence wall is built, I think it will help prevent some of these things”.
The chief Imam for Bimbilla, Alhaji Abdul Somed thanked the former minister and offered prayers for him.