How House of Reps member posted downloaded pictures online as constituency projects

During the weekend, a member of the House of Representatives from Toro Federal Constituency of Bauchi state, Umar Muda Lawal on his Twitter page shared pictures of deep wells he said he was constructing in some towns and villages in his constituency.

“This time we are going outside the box to construct 10 deep wells in 10 rural towns and villages of Toro Local Government Area (LGA), because traditional wells are often more reliable and last longer than any modern small-scale water supply system. Most wells today are centuries old and still working,” Lawal captioned the pictures in a post on Twitter.

This time we are going outside the box to construct 10 Deep Wells in 10 rural towns and villages of Toro LGA. Because Traditional Wells are often more reliable and lasts longer than any modern small-scale water supply system. Most Wells today are centuries old and still working.

A check by SaharaReporters using advanced technology however showed that the post which had been retweeted by over 1, 400 users were downloaded from the internet and not ongoing in Toro Federal Constituency as claimed by the All Progressives Congress (APC) lawmaker.

The first picture posted by the lawmaker, according to google reverse image search was downloaded from watertothrive.com

Water to Thrive is a faith-based nonprofit organisation that transforms lives through the gift of clean water.

A check on the second picture by SaharaReporters showed it was downloaded from www.123rf.com.

In 2020, a group, Concerned Toro Youths passed a vote of no confidence on the lawmaker for poor representation since voted into office.

The coordinator of the group, Comrade Mallam Abdulrahman Abdullahi alleged that Lawal was not accessible to his constituents.

He was also accused of being ineffective and performing poorly in legislative activities at the National Assembly.

The group asked to know what the lawmaker had been doing there over the years.

They also blamed the lawmaker for not visiting his constituency since voted into office.