Vice President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria
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Jonathan is a member of the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP.
Jonathan was born in Otueke in Ogbia Local Government Area of the then Rivers, now Bayelsa State.
In December 2006, Jonathan was selected as running mate to Umaru Yar'Adua for the ruling PDP presidential ticket in the April 2007 election.
Jonathan was not present at the time.
A native of Otuoke in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State Nigeria, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan was born November 20th, 1957, to the family of Mr.
Goodluck Jonathan was identified to be a great child right from his tender age because of his attributes and rare disposition.
After the mandatory service, Goodluck Jonathan was invited for a teaching appointment by the old Rivers State Civil Service Commission in 1982, he was however, appointed a Science Inspector of Education in the Ministry of Education because of his brilliant and intimidating performance at the interview.
Jonathan is a member of various professional bodies, including the Fisheries Society of Nigeria (FISON), he is a Fellow of the International Association of Impact Assessment (IAIA), a Fellow of the Public Administrators of Nigeria (PAN), and he was also awarded the prestigious Honorary Fellowship of the Nigerian Environmental Society, following his strides contributions towards Environmental Management.
And Goodluck Jonathan is thus, serving as a Deputy Governor for a second tenure.
Goodluck Jonathan is happily married to Mrs.
Jonathan is a man well recognized for his cluster of achievements and immense contributions to the polity, communal liberalism, growth, and general welfare of the people.
President Goodluck Jonathan has been accused of favouritism in the appointment of persons into key positions in the Niger Delta.
PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan has said that the nation would overcome its challenges if we do things that are right in the eyes of God.
Vice President Goodluck Jonathan has described as distasteful allegations by the Acting Director-General of the National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies , Kuru, Dr.
And we are supposed not to mind that his absolver himself wouldnt pass a good conduct test, nor remember that Mr Jonathan was once sober enough to describe the process that led to his selection as this kind of arrangement that is done by the PDP.
What then am I, a reasonable citizen of sound mind, bearing no preconceived malice or ill will towards the vice president, allowed to think? I will be plain with it: that Mr Jonathan has a lot to hide! If he thinks I do his reputation gratuitous wrong thereby, he must hasten with a different press statement to the nearest media establishment one that includes his seventh asset declaration.
unremarkable university professor.
is the Executive Governor of Bayelsa state.
by the majority of the men and women in the creeks.
Goodluck Jonathan is no doubt inundated with various assignments.
As part of measures to ensure the success of the 'summit' Jonathan has tenaciously and innocuously been working round to find permanent solutions to the volatile oil rich Niger Delta.
Ironically, while Jonathan was conferring with stakeholders on how to mitigate the problems in the Niger Delta, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Mr.
governor of the oil-rich state of Bayelsa.
Residents of the oil- and gas-rich Niger Delta are preparing for a long legal battle with petroleum companies over the practice of gas flaring, considered by regional advocates to be environmentally damaging.
Jonathan was diagnosed with autism just as he turned 2 years old.
Jonathan is our baby and always will be, functioning at the 2 to 3 year-old level.
Jonathan has a large arsenal of behaviors that keeps US very busy and is non-verbal.
Jonathan said he had discussed with Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan and he was sure he would meet the target set for the completion.
Goodluck Jonathan has returned to school to prepare him for the challenges ahead.
Goodluck Jonathan was dynamited by unidentified militants early Wednesday in the village of Otu Eke in the oil rich Bayelsa state of the Niger Delta.
who would not want such a wish to see the light of the day.
said Jonathan is not a presidential material.
He decried the situation whereby the contract was awarded by the Ministry of Justice, while Jonathan was governor and 18 months after, the books had not been supplied.
What does the vice president stands to derive by precipitating violence in his home state? Is he contesting for relevance with Sylva? I can tell you that Dr Goodluck Jonathan has no hand in this.
the advantage of incumbency, Alaibe is operating from the outside.
Goodluck Jonathan is very adept at hiding his ambitions.
I wonder what happened to the case Goodluck Jonathan had with EFCC that time.
Goodluck Jonathan is not up to his job as a vice president, he cant step in to fill the vacuum.
Vice President Goodluck JonathanVice President, Goodluck Jonathan has prayed for abundant peace and economic stability in Nigeria in the year 2009.
Full Article Elected Vice-President in April 2007, Jonathan was previously the governor of the oil-rich state of Bayelsa.
Now Jonathan is overseeing NDDC's work.
Jonathan was not present when the attack occurred -- by tradition, it is common for Nigerian leaders to maintain village abodes, even if they hardly ever stay there.
Another eyewitness said Goodluck Jonathan was not found in the house, neither were his family around, that is why the armed men decided to blow up the house.
Newswatch learnt that Jonathan found the contents of the panels report unacceptable.
He said Jonathan was sabotaging the institutes autonomy by insisting, when Briggs was suspended, that it must maintain a status quo, pending the determination in a law court of the case involving Briggs.
In addressing the state, Jonathan said it was a duty that should ordinarily have been undertaken by His Excellency, Chief (Dr.