An entrepreneur and former gubernatorial candidate in Rivers State, Tonye Princewill, has said the state needed peace to attract the much-needed investment that would drive its socio-economic growth.
Princewill noted that the narrative about Rivers within the international community was negative and that it has prevented investors from coming in.
Princewill, who made the assertion yesterday, during a meeting with journalists in Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital, regretted the challenges he had to go through in attracting investments to the state.
He said at the present, he was bringing in investments in the area of agriculture, health and skills entrepreneurship that would create jobs for people in the state.
He, however, harped on the need for a peaceful and secured environment to enable the investors agree to come in and do business.