Constituency projects: Senator Karimi spends N1.4bn on 140 boreholes, water scheme
IDRIS AHMED, Lokoja
Incumbent Kogi West Senator, Sunday Karimi, in his determination to ensure provision of constituency projects, has commenced the construction of 75 New solar propelled boreholes as well as the rehabilitation of 60 moribund Water Schemes across communities in the Senatorial district.
In an interview with Journalists in Lokoja on Sunday, Senator Karimi disclosed that the projects cut across the seven local government areas in the Kogi West Senatorial District.
He explained that the projects valued at N1.24 billion has been contracted to two companies and already on sites across the constituency
Clearing doubts of pessimists on the completion of the projects, the Senator said that the project is domiciled in the Federal Ministry of Water Resources, awarded to two companies that have a verifiable working experience with the ministry.
Appreciating the Senator Karimi’s efforts on the development, Hon Suleiman Babadoko, a two-time member, Kogi State House of Assembly and Chieftain of APC in Lokoja Local Government Area, noted with gratitude that Karimi has brought a lot of development into Kogi West that have impact on his constituents.
According to Hon. Babadoko, the senator has within the shortest possible time, created and funded cooperative societies for women in the seven local governments with over N160 million.
He also affirmed that the Senator had given out the bursary award of N100,000 to 1000 indigent students yearly at a total sum of N100m.”
The former Lawmaker also commended Karimi for building a Forward Operating Base for the military, costing several hundreds of millions of naira.
Hon. Babadoko thanked the senator for facilitating the award of contract for the upgrade of the Government Secondary School, Koton Karfi, worth over a billion naira, as well as his intervention in the provision of transformers and solar street lights to various communities.
He commended the Senator’s periodic provision of trailer loads of rice and Semovita towards alleviating hardship, hunger and provision of fertilisers to farmers, and several other interventions that have positively impacted the lives of his people.
The Honourable described Sen. Karimi, as a leader who loves his people dearly and, as such, Babadoko, prayed God to grant him good health to take him to greater heights in his service to the people.
