Kwara State Governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed has said his administration has started the harmonisation of taxes and the creation of new policies to ease investment culture.

Ahmed, who spoke at the opening of the Gbose Mall in Ilorin, the state capital, said the state's strategy was to create a business friendly environment.

"Current economic realities make it mandatory for us to explore new areas of revenue generation such as increased investment inflow and the associated gains in tax revenue.

"A vibrant and incentivised private sector will therefore be a valuable partner in our quest to de-couple our state from reliance on oil and become self-reliant," he said.

The governor urged the people of the state to remain receptive to investment that could bring jobs and other benefits to the state, adding that the Gbose Mall will "generate jobs for our youths, stimulate the local economy and create more prosperity."

The Project Director of Gbose Automobile Limited said the Mall was established in support of the Abdulfatah Ahmed administration's vision of robust partnership between the state government and the organised private sector in the industrial development of the state.