‘Rivers, Conducive For Business’

A businessman, Mr
Paulinus Ibekwe, has said that the business climate in Port Harcourt was conducive despite the political wrangling that was on going.
Ibekwe, who spoke to our correspondent in Port Harcourt, recently, on the possibility or otherwise of people leaving the state in relation to the ongoing political situation said, “there was no cause for alarm.”
Ibekwe, who sells motor spare parts said it was only in violent situation that investors fear to do business.
He said what was happening politically in Rivers State in particular is even interesting as it has afforded people to dsicuss politics which was hitherto alien and an exclusive preserve of the politicians.
According to him, at the ever busy motor spare parts market, the only things they talked about were business and football, but today, politics has been added to the lsit.
“My brother, before in this market, we only talked business and European League, but now politics has entered ,” he said.
He said business was infact part of politics because as he put it, “trying to win over a customer was politics too.”
On how he would feel  if the spare parts market was relocated, he said if the authorities deem it fit to do so he had no objection.
“If government finds it fit to relocate us, then who are we?”
According to him, so long as the area was made conducive, there would be no problems.