Asaba-Assay

Asaba-Assay (also Asaba-Ase) is a town in the Ndokwa East Local Government Area of Nigeria Delta State. It derives its name from the Asse river. It is situated a few kilometres away from the petroleum producing community of Uzere in Isoko South, and approximately six kilometres away from Abari, an Ijaw settlement in the Patani local government area of Delta State.^[1][2] Asaba-Ase is one of the Igbo settlement in Ndokwa East recurrently affected by floods^[3] The native language of the people is Ukwuani, an Igboid language. ^[4]

Asaba Assay
Town
Asaba Assay Location in Nigeria f
Coordinates: 5°21′52.23″N 6°23′42.48″E
Country	Nigeria
State	Delta State
Climate	Aw

Etymology

Asaba-Assay is derived from the words, "Asaba on the lower Asse river."^{[citation needed]}

History

It is asserted that the initial occupants of the area migrated southwards from Asaba, a town on the lower Niger towards the Asse river and intermarried with the Ase people thus resulting in the title as "Asaba-Assay" which is "Asaba on the lower Asse river."^{[citation needed]}

Difficulties

Asaba-Assay is situated on a flood basin which is almost always flooded, this results to a large population of mosquitoes and other insects thus making life difficult.^{[citation needed]} The access road into and out of the area is prone to be washed away by recurring floods and there is nowhere an individual can pass through Asaba-Assay to get to. The poverty is high and there's absence of social amenities that makes life comfortable.^{[citation needed]}

Economy

Fishing is the main occupation of the natives. The Asaba-Assay market is also a meeting point between buyers from different places and sellers from various places.^{[citation needed]}