In unusually short order he has emerged as a force for stability and order in the Senate and his mature counsel, timely and sincere advice, intellectual vigour and firepower as well as his unimpeachable integrity and honour has brought him in good stead with the leadership and membership of the National Assembly. Indeed Distinguished Senator Sunday Karimi, the esteemed Chairman Senate Services Commitee has contributed tremendously on national issues and has positioned himself through sheer determination and confidence in the Red Chamber where he argues the cause of his people and thereby renders dividends of democracy to his constituency.
Barely weeks after his epochal inauguration as a Distinguished Senator representing the good and hardworking people of Kogi West Senatorial Zone, an action-oriented Senator Sunday Karimi sponsored or co-sponsored several bills and motions including the crucial motion urging the construction of a military Forward Operation Base (FOB) to be sited at Egbe/,Eruku area on the Kogi/Kwara State border to tackle security threats posed by sundry kidnappers, bandits, armed robbers and other criminal elements.
To show that he means serious business, Senator Sunday Karimi is personally financing the rapid construction of the military facility as he does not believe in idle chatter or aimless slogans as some in the political class are wont to do.
Indeed Senator Sunday Karimi has sponsored over 12 bills in 12 months of his epochal inauguration in the 10th National Assembly, an awesome feat unprecedented in the annals of the nation’s history.
In the infrastructural arena, Senator Karimi has not been caught flat-footed as he has influenced the construction and rehabilitation of several roads and bridges in his constituency including the long neglected Kabba -Egbe-llorin expressway which is now being reconstructed by the Federal Ministry of Works due to the swift intervention of the agile lawmaker.
Apart from the road sector, the health, education, power, water provision, manpower development, women and youth empowerment arenas are also receiving desired attention in the avowed determination of Senator Sunday Karimi to deliver on his promises to his people.
For instance, he has facilitated the installation of solar panel street lights along the Kabba Central Market powered by the Nigerian Ports Authority.
On the educational fronts, Senator Sunday Karimi has instituted a staggering N100 million scholarship fund to be disbursed to deserving students from the Kogi West Senatorial Zone as well as opening an admission portal for students seeking placement into various tertiary institutions leading to the record admissions of Kogi West students into various higher institutions in the country.
Senator Karimi has also facilitated the employment of numerous youths and graduates into various military and paramilitary formations across the nation in order to curb the scourge of idleness and unemployment which is unarguably the devil’s workshop.
Also numerous women and youths have been trained in various skills acquisition programs and have been mobilised with considerable start up capital to grow their businesses.
A hungry man is an angry man is one age old adage that the astute Senator Sunday Karimi is keenly aware of and in order to stem this unbecoming tide, he procured and distributed a trailer load of 750 bags of 50kg rice and 750 bags of semolina across the 85 wards of Kogi West Senatorial Zone.
Having performed superlatively in the House of Representatives for a resounding two terms, a sagacious Senator Karimi is once again displaying his long established mettle in the Senate as leadership by example and not by precept is another positive mantra dear to his heart. Thus Senator Sunday Karimi is keen to mentor subordinates, associates and all those that share his inclusive, accommodating and pan-Nigerian oriented inclinations which has no truck for rumours hearsay, double speak or semantic distinctions.
His words as the proverbial saying goes can be taken to the bank and his private penchant and public stances are as unshakable and immutable as the legendary Rock of Gilbatrar. Thus as the exemplary Senator Sunday Karimi soldiers on in the selfless service of his people and the nation at large, more will definitely be heard from the erudite Kogi West political collosus, legislative titan, constitutional avatar and political plenipotentiary par excellence as the days and years role by. To God be the glory.
By Austin Asadu