The Kwara State government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Mosila Group Limited for the establishment of a 600-tonne agro-processing complex in Share, Ifelodun Local Government Area of the state. 

The complex is to take advantage of the state's huge potential in cassava farming by adding value to cassava derivatives. 

While signing on behalf his company, the chairman of Mosilo Group Limited, Mr. Moses Siasia, disclosed that the agro-processing complex would be in phases and would occupy one hundred hectares of land.

According to a press statement released by Abdulrahman Oba, the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed, Mr. Siasia added that an 18-month period has been earmarked for the completion of the first phase of the project at a cost of $150m. 

The chairman further explained that Kwara State was chosen for the programme in view of the known achievements of the present administration in agriculture and investment pursuits.

 Reacting to the speech by the company, Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed said the Agro Processing Complex would make Nigeria the largest producer of cassava in the world with added value. He said: 'Our purpose is to move agriculture from the farms to the industries through well coordinated commercial and industry-based agricultural practices'.