MR JOHN ABRAHAM GODSON

Godson Chikama Onyekwere was born in Nigeria to an Igbo family. He moved to Poland in 1993, and in 2001 became a Polish citizen. In 2008, he became a member of the Łódź City Council. In 2007, he unsuccessfully ran in the Polish parliamentary election. In 2010, he was re-elected for the City Council with 4736 votes, the second best result out of almost 800 candidates. As former MP Hanna Zdanowska was elected Mayor of Łódź in the same election, Godson replaced her as a member of the Sejm. He was sworn in on 14 December 2010.

The “Obama bump” is considered by many the reason for the many votes he received during the Sejm campaign.His supporters were known to cheer “Vivat! Vivat Polski Obama!” (“Long live the Polish Obama!”). John Godson was re-elected as a member of the Polish parliament on the 9th of October 2011 with 29,832 votes

Godson often emphasizes the importance of education and he is the holder of numerous academic degrees. He has a bachelor of science degree in agronomy from Abia State University in Nigeria (1987–92).

He also holds Masters degrees in Human Resource Management and Development from Trinity College and Seminary in Newburgh, Indiana (2000-03) and International relationsfrom the Łódź Academy of International Studies (2006–08). He finished two doctorate studies at the University of Warsaw (political Science- 2011) and University of Łódź (Management- 2012). He also holds a joint MBA/MSPC (Master of Business Administration/Master of Science in Professional Communication) run by Clark University and the Łódź Academy of Management.
He was a senior lecturer at the Technical University of Szczecin (1993–97) and at Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań. He is a guest lecturer in various institutions of higher learning in Poland and abroad. He is also the president of the African Institute in Poland.

John Abraham Godson is the first member of the Polish Parliament of African origin. He is the chair of the Parliamentary team on Africa and the Polish – British bi-parliamentary group. He also chairs the parliamentary sub-committee on Internet technologydevelopment. He is also a university lecturer and guest speaker in various conferences. He is married to Aneta and they have 4 children (Sharon- 17, Deborah- 15, Izaak- 10 and Daniel- 7). They make their home in Lodz, central Poland.

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