Agric Business Key To Development - Obasanjo

                  
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has reiterated that agric business is key to the development of the country. 
Obasanjo made this known at the 2016 Independence Day programme organised by the Useful Youth, Owu Baptist Church, Abeokuta on saturday.
he spoke on the topic "Nigeria Development for Nigerians by Nigerians". The former president said that agric-business was the only area the nation could beat development and generate millions of employment if taken seriously.
"Agric business also includes manufacturing because when you take cassava and you turn it to starch  and you turn it to glucose that's manufacturing.
"When you take your Cocoa and you turn it to Cocoa powder, that's manufacturing/, when you turn Cocoa powder to chocolate that's also manufacturing.
"that's part of the value chain in agric-business and that is a very key aspect of our development, agric-business adding value to whatever commodities we produced and creating job for millions of people particularly the youth, "he said.
Obasanjo also identified security, transportation, communication, information trade, peace and employment as elements of development in any nation