By Joseph Erunke

ABUJA—PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan has said his administration was committed to the development of the country’s agricultural sector, adding that it was high time the country stopped depending on others for its fortunes.

Represented at the 12th National Productivity Day by Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Chief Anyim Pius Anyim, in Abuja, President Jonathan said resourcefulness, creativity, innovation and hard work were the major ingredients needed to turn the country around.

He said: “It is only nations that are highly productive that can guarantee social order and economic prosperity. Countries that depend on others for their needs can never succeed.”

The President said the highpoint of the occasion, which was the conferment of National Productivity Order of Merit Award on 20 individuals and 11 organisations, reminds “us of the need to work hard to develop the economy.”