A son of Ijumu who runs federal finance. The short version of a long record — and why it matters to Kogi State.
Rt. Hon. James Abiodun Faleke
Ekinrin-Adde, Ijumu · Kogi West
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Years in industry before politics
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Terms as a council chairman
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Terms in the House of Reps
Seventeen years in procurement, warehousing, distribution and commercial management — National Orthopaedic Hospital, Kayo Foods, Tate Industries, Air Liquide, ALUMCO, Crown Agents.
Pioneer Executive Secretary then two elected terms as Chairman of Ojodu LCDA, Lagos — and elected by his peers to chair all fifty-seven Lagos council chairmen.
Elected for Ikeja Federal Constituency and returned at every election since. Chairman of the House Committee on Finance since 2015; previously chaired Anti-Corruption, National Ethics and Values.
Deputy governorship candidate with Prince Abubakar Audu. The ticket polled 240,867 to the PDP’s 199,514 — then Audu died mid-collation and the votes went elsewhere.
Kogi’s problems are not mysterious. They are money, roads, jobs and a local government system that does not work. Every one of them is something he has already handled somewhere.
He chairs the committee that oversees federal revenue and budgets, and he is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply. Kogi’s IGR and procurement problems are exactly his profession.
Two terms running a council, then chairman of all fifty-seven Lagos chairmen. He knows precisely where the 21-LGA system leaks, because he has stood inside it.
Over a thousand Korope buses handed to unemployed young people in Ikeja. Assets that keep earning, not stipends that end on Friday.
Extensive road rehabilitation in his constituency. In Kogi the same work decides whether a farmer’s harvest reaches a market or rots at the roadside.
Food support reaching roughly 10,000 households in one exercise, and a sponsored bill to insure the life of every serving corps member.
He was denied a governorship he had won and did not defect, riot or trade it away. In a state that has seen enough drama, that is not a small qualification.
Prince Abubakar Audu, a former governor, picked him as running mate on the APC ticket. Faleke campaigned hard across all three districts, moving chairmen and ward structures with him.
The ticket led with 240,867 votes to the PDP’s 199,514. Then Audu died while results were still being collated. The votes were transferred to another candidate, and Faleke’s challenge in court ultimately failed.
He did not defect, did not incite anybody, and did not trade the moment for a settlement. He returned to Lagos, to his constituency and to his committee, and carried on working. That is the character this network organises around.
“Service, humility, efficiency and genuine concern for people — that is the standard, and nothing less.”
240,867
APC — Audu / Faleke
199,514
PDP
41,353
Margin of victory
21
LGAs contested
Chief Babayemi Olorunfemi
Founder & Convener
The JAF Progressive Network is an initiative of the Babayemi Vanguard — the grassroots mobilisation platform founded and convened by Chief Babayemi Olorunfemi, philanthropist, community leader, Atunwase of Ipaja Kingdom in Lagos, and a stakeholder in Kogi State politics.
The Vanguard was built to keep a line open in both directions between leaders and the communities they serve — mobilising people on one side, carrying honest feedback back on the other. This network applies that same method to a single conviction: that this record deserves to be known, understood and organised around.
Founder & Convener
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