As the 2023 election gathers steam, James Faleke, the member representing Ikeja Federal Constituency at the House of Representatives, has been appointed by Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the Secretary of the Presidential Campaign Council.
POLITICS NIGERIA reports that Faleke, alongside other top members of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), formed the Tinubu Support Group (TSG) in 2019, to propagate the presidential ambition of the former Governor of Lagos.
He also been a close ally of the presidential hopeful, often on his entourage to political meetings across the country. His appointment was confirmed on Thursday.
Kogi-born Faleke who started his political career as an Executive Secretary of a Local Government became a two term Chairman of Ojodu Ojodu Local Council Development Area (LCDA) between 2004 and 2010.
He was a first-term member of the House of Representatives in 2011-2015, before being re-elected in 2015 after serving as the Lagos State Coordinator of Muhammadu Buhari/Yemi Osinbajo Campaign Organization.
Faleke is currently serving his third term in the Green chamber.
Last week, Tinubu appointed legal luminary, Festus Keyamo, as the official spokesperson of his presidential campaign organisation.
The frontline presidential candidate also recently named Simon Lalong, the Governor of Plateau State, as the Director-General (DG) of his campaign organisation.