BIO – DATA
SURNAME:                   JONATHAN
OTHER NAMES:            GOODLUCK EBELE
STATE OF ORIGIN:       BAYELSA STATE
HOME TOWN:              OTUOKE, OGBIA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA
OFFICIAL ADDRESS:     GOVERNMENT HOUSE, YENAGOA
L.G.A.:                       OGBIA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA
TRIBE:                       IJAW
NATIONALITY:             NIGERIAN
DATE OF BIRTH:          NOVERMBER 20, 1957
AGE:                          50 YEARS
SEX:                          MALE
MARITAL STATUS:       MARRIED
RELIGION:                 CHRISTIANITY
OCCUPATION:            PUBLIC SERVANT

  SCHOOLS ATTENDED WITH DATES:
ST STEPHEN’S PRIMARY SCHOOL ( NOW STATE SCHOOL ) OTUOKE, 1961 – 1965
ST MICHAEL’S PRIMARY SCHOOL, OLOIBIRI, BAYELSA STATE FSLC, 1966 – 1969
MATER DEI HIGH SCHOOL, IMIRINGI, BAYELSA STATE , 1971 – 1975
UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT, 1977 – 1981
UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT, 1983 – 1984
UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT, 1987 – 1995

  ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS:
FIRST SCHOOL LEAVING CERTIFICATE (FSLC)   1969
WEST AFRICAN SCHOOL CERTIFICATE (WASC)    1975
GENERAL CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION (GCE O/L)  1976
B. Sc. ZOOLOGY SECOND CLASS (HONS) UPPER DIVISION 1981
M. Sc. HYDROBIOLOGY/FISHERIES BIOLOGY    1985
Ph. D. ZOOLOGY       1995

  EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:
PREVENTIVE OFFICER, DEPT. OF CUSTOMS & EXCISE, 1975 – 1977
SCIENCE INSPECTOR OF EDUCATION, RIVERS STATE MINISTRY  OF EDUCATION,
PORT HARCOURT , 1982 – 1983
LECTURER, DEPT. OF BIOLOGY, RIVERS STATE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION ,
 PORT HARCOURT , 1983 – 1993
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, (ECOLOGY)/ HEAD SUB – DEPT. OF ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION, OMPADEC, 1993 – 1998
DEPUTY GOVERNOR, BAYELSA STATE FROM MAY 1999 TO 2005
GOVERNOR, BAYELSA STATE FROM MAY 2005 TO DATE