The Rivers State Commissioner for Information and Communications, Pastor Paulinus Nsirim has called on the people of the State to shun detractors whose stock in trade is to demarket the state.
Nsirim who made the call when he appeared live on a radio programme in Port Harcourt on Thursday, urged the people of the State to join hands with the State Governor Nyesom Wike to build a new Rivers state.
“Let us join hands with Governor Nyesom Wike to build this new Rivers State because he is enthusiastic to make Rivers State a destination of choice and investors’ haven. He can do that if we collectively support him,” he said.
He said contrary to claims of high level of insecurity, Rivers State is safe for investors to come in and do business. “If the State is not safe, NLNG wouldn’t have opened its corporate headquarters in Port Harcourt. Next supermarket which is the largest in Africa couldn’t have opened business in Port Harcourt.”
He said Governor Wike has in the last six years demonstrated commitment to the execution of the NEW Rivers Vision blueprint configured to address the issues of education, healthcare, Sports development, agriculture and rural development, women empowerment among others which he envisioned on assumption of office in 2015.