A network for everyone who believes in progress, unity and responsible leadership. Lagos, Kogi, every other state and the diaspora. We take our inspiration from a public servant who has spent more than 20 years turning ideas into results.
2011
In the House since
Returned by Ikeja at every election since then.
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Terms served
Now in his fourth term in the 10th Assembly.
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Korope buses
Vehicles placed with young people looking for work.
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Households supported
Reached in a single food support exercise.
Rt. Hon. James Abiodun Faleke
Ekinrin-Adde, Ijumu LGA, Kogi State
James Abiodun Faleke was born in Ekinrin-Adde, Ijumu Local Government Area of Kogi State. He trained in purchasing and supply management at Kaduna Polytechnic, finished top of his class, and later took an MBA at Imo State University.
Before politics he spent 17 years in industry, handling procurement, warehousing and commercial management for companies across Lagos. He entered public service in 2003 and went on to serve two terms as a local government chairman.
Since 2011 he has represented Ikeja Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, and he has chaired the House Committee on Finance since 2015.
Trained for the job
A Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply, London.
Grounded at home
Roots in Ijumu, Kogi State, and a working life built in Lagos.
Assignments held, bills sponsored and programmes delivered, in his constituency and at the national level.
Since 2015 he has led the committee that oversees fiscal policy, revenue and budget management. It is one of the most demanding assignments in the National Assembly.
He has chaired the Committee on Anti-Corruption, National Ethics and Values, and served on Public Procurement, Public Accounts and the House probe into petroleum subsidy.
He sponsored an amendment to the NYSC Act proposing life insurance cover for every serving corps member, so that young Nigerians on national service are protected.
Extensive road rehabilitation across Ikeja Federal Constituency. Better roads mean easier trade, shorter school runs and faster trips to hospital.
More than 1,000 vehicles placed in the hands of unemployed young people. Not a one off payment, but an asset that keeps earning for the family that receives it.
Tools, grants, training and food support delivered to traders, artisans, students and families. One exercise alone reached about 10,000 households.
Prince Abubakar Audu chose him as running mate on the APC ticket, and Faleke went to work. He moved chairmen, ward officers and party structures across all three districts of the state.
The ticket won. Then Audu died while results were still being collated. The votes were transferred to another candidate and the courts did not return them.
He did not defect. He did not incite anybody. He did not trade the moment for a settlement. He went back to his constituency and his committee and kept working. That is the character this network was built around.
Governorship poll, Kogi State
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Margin of victory
Declared results, Kogi State governorship election, November 2015.
These are the standards we take into every meeting and every community we work in. They are also the yardstick we use when we look at any leadership.
Take this to your communityRoads that get built. Buses that get delivered. Budgets that get published. We measure leadership by what people can see and touch, not by what gets announced.
Across states, tribes, faiths and borders. Nobody in this network is asked where they come from before they are welcomed into it.
Public money accounted for and public office treated as a trust. This is the standard we support and the standard we expect.
Assets, skills and opportunities that outlast an election season. A young person should still be earning long after the cameras have gone.
Traders, artisans, students, farmers, professionals and families, at home and abroad. If you believe in progress and want to contribute, there is room for you here.
This is a network for all lovers of JAF, wherever in the world you are.
Lagos, Kogi, every other state in Nigeria and the diaspora. Kogi matters to us because of our roots, and Lagos because of the work done there, but nobody is asked where they come from before they are welcomed in. We are here to connect people, support development and create a platform where good ideas can grow into real action.
Ikeja and every corner of the state where the work has been felt for over 20 years.
Members welcomeWest, Central and East. Home ground, and the community that started all of this.
Members welcomeAll 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory. If you are in Nigeria, you are covered.
Members welcomeLondon, Houston, Toronto, Dubai and everywhere else. Distance is not a disqualification.
Members welcomeEverything we discuss here stays here.
This is a safe space and we protect it. Respect one another and protect the integrity of the network.
We move fast.
We respond quickly.
We do not drag our feet.
When something needs to be done, we do it with urgency and seriousness. That is who we are, and it is exactly how the man who inspires this network has worked for 20 years.
In Nigeria or anywhere in the world, you can help build the future we all deserve.