We Didn’t Spend N1.2bn On Moro Bridge —Kwara Gov’t

The Kwara State government has denied expending N1.2bn on Moro Bridge, a federal facility linking Kwara State with Oyo State.

The state’s Ministry of Works made this clarification in a statement signed by its press secretary, Olajide Abolarin.

The ministry was reacting to the claim in a viral video by one ‘Ajibare Talks’, describing it a malicious campaign of calumny targeted 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,” it clarified.

The ministry said the claim in a viral video that the government spent N1.2bn during the stewardship of Hon. Abdulquawiy Olododo was an outright falsehood to tarnish the image of the gentleman and the administration that he served.

“The general public should disregard the lie, as any modest, temporary intervention was done with the full knowledge of the Federal Government which has the authority on 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.