Sunday Karimi Explained

Office:Senator for Kogi West
Term Start:June 2023
Predecessor:Smart Adeyemi
Office3:Member of the House of Representatives of Nigeria from Kogi
Term Start3:June 2011
Term End3:June 2019
Predecessor3:Samuel Aro Bamidele
Successor3:Leke Joseph
Office2:Chairman of the Committee on Senate Services
Term Start2:12 June 2007
Term End2:6 June 2011
Party:All Progressives Congress
Otherparty:People's Democratic Party (2011 to 2019)
Constituency3:Yagba East/Yagba West/Mopamuro

Sunday Steve Karimi is a Nigerian politician and senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District, Kogi State.[1] Karimi is the Chairman of the Committee on Senate Services.[2]

From 2011 to 2019, Karimi was the member representing Yagba East/Yagba West/Mopamuro constituency in the House of Representatives.[3]

In October 2023, Karimi explained in an interview with Channels TV that the Senate needed to buy imported Sport Utility Vehicles for its 109 members because "Most of our roads are terribly bad."[4] When challenged by interviewer Seun Okinbaloye, he defended his position by saying, "Somebody that is a minister has more than three Land Cruisers, Prado, and other vehicles, and you are not asking them questions; why us?"[5]

References

  1. Web site: Victoria. Nnakaike. 2023-03-08. Karimi, senator-elect, gets Certificate of Return, promises to make Kogi West proud. 2023-11-09. Businessday NG. en-US.
  2. Web site: Adedokun . Niran . 2023-10-25 . Senator Karimi and Nigeria’s bad roads . 2024-07-03 . Punch Newspapers . en-US.
  3. Web site: Kolawole . Simon . 2023-11-11 . Sacrifice is for the poor . 2024-07-03 . TheCable . en-US.
  4. Web site: Francis . Tarinipre . 2023-10-27 . Senator Sunday Karimi Vowed to Fix Kabba-Egbe Road If Elected. He Wants N160m Car for Bad Roads Now . 2024-07-03 . Foundation For Investigative Journalism . en-GB.
  5. News: 25 October 2023 . Why Senate Chose Foreign-Made SUVs Over Nigerian-Made Ones – Senator Karimi . . video.