Goodluck Jonathan Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==Early life== Goodluck Jonathan was born on 20 November 1957 in [[Ogbia]] to a [[Christianity in Nigeria|Christian]] [[Ijaw people|Ijaw]] family of [[canoe]] makers,<ref name="Source22">Lawson Heyford, [http://www.thesourceng.com/jonathanprofiledec11.htm "Jonathan: A Colossus at 49"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090115035548/http://www.thesourceng.com/jonathanprofiledec11.htm|date=15 January 2009}}, ''The Source'' (Lagos), 11 December 2006.</ref><ref name="Al Jazeera Profile22">[http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2010/02/20102247327794647.html Profile: Goodluck Jonathan] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100318053712/http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2010/02/20102247327794647.html|date=18 March 2010}}. Al Jazeera.net.</ref> in Otuoke, Bayelsa State.<ref name=":2"/> His father, Lawrence Ebele Jonathan, was a canoe maker and his mother, Eunice Ayi Ebele Jonathan, was a retired farmer.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.gej.ng/biography/ | title=Biography }}</ref> He attended a Christian primary and secondary school.<ref name=":2"/> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page