By Jimitota Onoyume

PORT HARCOURT— RIVERS State Government  has described as misleading, reports on the security situation in the state,  saying that some of the issues were blown out of proportion.

Governor Nyesom Wike spoke at Government House, Port Harcourt, yesterday, when he played host to Canada and United State’s branch of apex Ikwerre body, Ogbakor Ikwerre.

The governor said stories depicting the state as unsafe were the handiwork of politicians, who did not mean well for the state.

To buttress his point, the governor said multinational companies were going about their businesses in the state, adding that businesses in the state were enjoying robust growth.

He said that the various states in the country also had one form of security challenge or another.

He also assured that his administration will continue to deliver the dividends of democracy to the people, stressing that projects abandoned by his predecessor that were of value to the people will also get the attention of his government.

Meantime, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the state has described the call by Prince Odike, deputy state Chairman of All Progressive Congress, APC, for declaration of a state of emergency in the state as mischievous and a reflection of idle politicians who have been allegedly disengaged from state resources.

State Chairman of the party, Mr Felix Obuah, in a statement, yesterday by his media aide, Mr Jerry Needam, also urged Rivers people to ignore the call.