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Following the recent political crisis in Rivers State, the Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, affirmed that peace had prevailed in the state.
He noted that he drew strength from God to resist insults and tantrums thrown at him.
Fubara, spoke when he received a delegation of Bishops and Gospel Ministers’ Association International Incorporated, Rivers State chapter, at the Government House in Port Harcourt, on Tuesday.
A statement on Tuesday by his Chief Press Secretary, Nelson Chukwudi, said Fubara was represented by the Head of the State Civil Service, Dr George Nwaeke.
He stated, “Before, what they hear of Rivers State is that they are fighting, and some genuine investors will not come. Some people even ask you: How are you coping in Rivers State?
“But now, the Governor has brought about a lot of changes in the state. One of the most important things is that he has changed the negative narrative. It is no longer Rivers of blood. It is now Rivers of Peace.
“We are enjoying our lives here. Why? Because there is a change in the narrative. We have peace. The Governor is, as much as possible, absorbing any level of insult at him only for one purpose: that Rivers State may have peace; that we may grow; that this state will experience genuine development.”
Governor Fubara urged them, as members of the Christian family in the state, to continue to pray for the state and the government so that the enemies of the state would be put to greater shame.
“This peace is what I want you to embrace. Go and continue to pray, because when the sower of the seed went and sowed, the enemy went in the night and sowed tares there. But the Governor is sowing peace.
“You cannot give peace if you do not have peace within you. The Governor is not interested in any form of trouble or violence. What he is interested in is known, and it is: let there be peace in Rivers State,” he said.
