The Kwara State Ministry of Works has refuted claims that it expended N1.2bn on the Moro Bridge, a federal structure linking Kwara to Oyo State.

In a statement issued on Sunday, the Ministry described the allegation contained in a viral video by an individual known as Ajibare Talks as a malicious campaign of calumny directed at the state government and its officials.

"As a responsive government, the administration has always intervened every time there is anything that could hurt the citizens, irrespective of whether the infrastructure involved is a federal facility like the Moro Bailey Bridge," the statement said.

"However, the last palliative intervention on the said bridge gulped N27m only. It was to put the bridge back to temporary use, even as the Federal Government has already started the construction of a new bridge. At no time in the life of this administration did the Ministry of Works or any state government organ spend N1.2bn on such interventions."

The statement asserted that the claim in the viral video alleging the government spent N1.2bn during the stewardship of Hon. Abdulquawiy Olododo is an outright falsehood intended to tarnish the image of the official and the administration he served.

The general public was urged to disregard the misinformation, as any modest, temporary intervention was carried out with the full knowledge of the Federal Government, which holds authority over the bridge, the statement added.

"The video is a sponsored attack on the government and Hon. Olododo and it was for political reasons," it stated.