The Senator representing Kogi West zone, Sunday Karimi has assured his constituents of noticeable improvements on key projects in the new year.
Extending warm new year greetings to the people of his district, Karimi, who is also the Chairman of Senate Committee on Services, said: ‘As a district in Kogi State, the previous year threw up peculiar challenges for us. Most worrying was the security unsettledness, which upset the historical calm and serenity for which our district is reputed. Vagrants infiltrated our communities, abducted some of our loved ones and in instances, took some away before their time. May the souls of the departed rest in peace.
‘As your elected representative in the upper chamber of the federal legislature, permit me to assure you that this new year holds positive promise for our people on many fronts. Of common concern to us all is the condition of the Abaji-Lokoja; the Kabba-Isanlu-Egbe and the Kabba-Iyara-Omuo Ekiti roads which are at the core of day-to-day movement and socioeconomic activities for our people. We are unrelenting in our engagements with the federal government and I can assure you that there will be noticeable improvements in the new year. Please take this to the bank’.
While noting concerns over security situation in the country, Karimi assured his people that solutions are underway. He highlighted the deployment of Forest Guards to various states and increased military surveillance against including air and land operations against bandits camps.
The senator said that Kogi State and Kogi West are part of the security sweep, adding, ‘gradually and assuredly, we shall be able to sleep with our eyes closed in times to come’.
He credited recent security improvements to Nigeria’s collaboration with the United States and efforts of the Bola Tinubu administration.
Karimi praised the President for the appointments and recognitions of people from Kogi West. He said: ‘President Tinubu has shown faith in Kogi West in the area of appointments and recognitions for our people since the inception of his administration. The appointments of Prof. Joash Ojo Amupitan, SAN, as the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), and Prof. Gbenga Solomon Ibileye as Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University Lokoja,in recent weeks, is evidence of President Tinubu’s continuing confidence in the quality of human capital available to Nigeria from Kogi West.
‘Political activities will be on the ascendancy in the new year with the formal release of the 2027 electoral calendar by INEC. It behoves us in our district, to rally support for President Bola Tinubu, whose Renewed Hope Agenda continues to impact the country in positive ways. We stand to benefit more with the continuity of a leader who has done as much for us as President within his initial two and half years in office. He will indeed do more.
‘I conclude by admonishing our people to keep hope alive and glowing. Better days beckon. I thank you for your attention and wish you a most eventful and prosperous 2026’.
