Ereyitomi Thomas

Thomas Ereyitomi is a Nigerian politician. He is currently a member representing Warri North/Warri South/Warri South West Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives. Quotes I received my election with joy and excitement because it is a call to serve my people, and the overwhelming majority of votes that I got in the election is a clear indication that the people wanted me to represent them this time around. But I have a message for them. They should all come together and stand solidly behind me so that whatever happens in Abuja, I will be relating with them regularly. That unity of purpose is what is going to transform Warri Federal Constituency. If we are not united, we will not move forward. So we should all come together as one Warri Federal Constituency irrespective of our ethnic differences and work for the development of our area. Interview response to the question 'You have been elected to represent your people in Warri Federal Constituency. How do you feel about your victory at the polls? When I get to Abuja, the first action plan I have is to ensure that we have constructive engagement with our people, because I am going there to truly represent them. So when I engage with them, I am going to take their needs and inputs to Abuja. We have a lot of abandoned projects in the Warri Federal Constituency either from NDDC, DESOPADEC or the Federal Government. In my own little way, I will ensure that these projects are given the needed attention. For example, the Koko/Ogheye Road is a project that is very key to the Itsekiris and the Ijaws. The Omadino/Escravos Road is also key to our people. These are ongoing projects that are not adequately funded. So it is crucial that these projects are adequately funded so that our areas can be opened. When these two roads are completed, our areas will be opened up. These are key projects that I will ensure are completed under my tenure. Interview response to the question 'What is going to be your focus in the National Assembly? I am not satisfied, but that does not mean that a lot has not been done. In life, everybody wants to get the best, but the best cannot come all the time. However, we will continue to improve on what we have on ground to strengthen various government agencies that we have around and ensure that the much needed development in this area is achieved. If you look at it properly, one of the major problems is the absence of multinational oil companies in Warri. They all left this place. Economic activities here have slowed down drastically because of these internal crises that we have amongst ourselves. These are key issues we need to address. Interview response to the question 'Using Warri Federal Constituency as a case study, are you satisfied with the living conditions of your people?' These are some of the things we are talking about. We are going to interface with them. Take for example, Chevron Nigeria Limited, most of their activities here are slow and they are not doing much here. Their major operations are done in Lagos and Escravos and it is not everybody that has the opportunity to go to Lagos or Escravos. Escravos is operating a close network and even the people in Escravos cannot even access the facility. So to do business becomes very difficult and it is affecting Warri and so we need that engagement with Chevron. Shell still has small operations here, and even NPDC cannot have these investments here and they are operating in Benin. It does not make sense because the idea was for them to occupy all these places, but they are not doing that. So this is why we need to have an engagement with them to see how they can come back to Warri fully. Because if they operate here, the environment will be better for everybody. Interview response to the question 'Are you likely to interface with some of these companies that fled Warri to persuade them to come back?' External links Category:Politicians from Nigeria Category:Living people