By Musa Bakare.
At the Kabba Day Cultural Festival held on Saturday, November 8, 2025, Senator Sunday Stephen Karimi, the Senator representing the Kogi West Senatorial District, reaffirmed his belief in cross senatorial understanding.
His comment was a positive declaration, a call for partnership in the Kogi project, a reminder that the state’s progress depends not on sectional dominance but on shared purpose and moral vision.
In every political era, there are moments when a single voice captures the collective sentiment of a people. Senator Karimi articulated the frustrations and aspirations of the citizens of Kogi West in his message that resonated far beyond his Senatorial district.
His words echoed across Kogi East, Central, and West and even beyond because they addressed the enduring questions of fairness, equity, and responsible leadership.
His submission was not about personal ambition or senatorial advantage. It reflected the higher duty of a legislator of the Nigerian red chamber to speak truth with humility, to defend the collective interest of his people while remaining loyal to the state and the nation.
In an age when public trust in leadership feels fragile, representation that blends courage with civility becomes invaluable. Karimi’s tone showed that speaking for one’s people need not mean speaking against others; it means speaking for balance, inclusion, and good governance.
His, at the Kabba day was a voice of responsible representation.
Kogi’s diversity is both its strength and its test. True leadership is not measured by how gullibly one defends a people, but by how sincerely one builds harmony among them. Senator Karimi’s call for equity and even handed political inclusion underscored a truth many Kogites feel but few articulate; unity cannot thrive where fairness is absent, and every district must feel a genuine stake in the commonwealth called Kogi State.
By publicly urging fairness in leadership distribution, Senator Karimi reminded both government and citizens that democracy is a shared responsibility. His emphasis on inclusive governance mirrors what ordinary Kogites, from Anyigba to Okene to Kabba consistently demand, not politics of privilege, but policies of progress. Such advocacy redefines representation from mere presence in the National Assembly Abuja to meaningful participation in the daily lives of constituents.
What made Senator Karimi’s words audibly powerful was not the politics behind them but the principle beneath them. He spoke for those who still believe leadership should unite, not divide; that progress is possible when silence gives way to sincerity and rivalry yields to respect.
In voicing that conviction, he reminded Kogites and by extension all Nigerians that equity and rotation are collective tasks, belonging to every Senatorial District, every citizen, every conscience.
His stand has rekindled civic optimism across Kogi State. He spoke not as a sectional leader but as a statesman mindful of history’s gaze.
In defending fairness, he mirrored the heartbeat of a people yearning for balance.
His voice, firm yet conciliatory reflects the hope of a state ready to rise above division and reclaim its promise of unity in diversity, not people disuniting people to rule them.
– Musa Asiru Bakare, Political Analyst, writes from Lokoja, Kogi State.
