Brief Biography of Prophet Jones Ode Erue

PROFILE: PROPHET JONES ODE ERUE, DELTA STATE’S DESIGNATED REPRESENTATIVE ON THE NDDC BOARD

BY : OFUAFO WHITE GHAVWAN

Prophet Jones Ode Erue, the commissioner designated to represent Delta State on the board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), comes from Emede, a community in the Isoko South Local Government Area of Delta State. He was born into the Erue family.

EDUCATION AND MINISTRY
After finishing his primary schooling, he attended Government College, Ughelli, and later won admission to Bendel State University, now Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, where he read Political Science.

The “Prophet” title before his name is more than a nickname; it is a name he carries as divinely conferred. Following several years in the private sector after graduating as a political scientist, he entered the ministry by God’s divine calling, becoming a prophet and the Senior Pastor of Jabez House of Prayer Ministry.

POLITICAL CAREER
Erue enlisted in the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Delta State in 2013 and was elected state chairman the following year, 2014. Re-elected at the end of his first tenure, he currently heads the party in Delta State and has steered its affairs while collecting a string of distinctions — among them the feat of being the first APC chairman in the South-South to produce a Deputy President of the Senate, His Excellency Senator Ovie Omo-Agege.

President Muhammadu Buhari appointed him in 2018 as a member of the board of the Standard Organisation of Nigeria (S.O.N), where he served meritoriously until the President nominated him for his present role as Commissioner designated to represent Delta State in the Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).

During the 2014 Local Government Polls in Delta State, Prophet Jones Ode Erue proved his intelligence capacity by winning many Councilors seats during the DELSEIC election as the Chairman of Opposition Political Party in the State.

OTHER ROLES
On the Pentecostal platform, Prophet Jones Ode Erue was elected as the President of Niger Delta Bishops Forum. He is currently a member of the Old Students Association and Senior Mariner of the renowned Government College Ughelli.

FAMILY LIFE
He is happily married to Pst Mrs Debby Erue-Jones and blessed with wonderful Children.

His passion for Humanitarian service is unexplainable with excellent philanthropic assistance to the needy, scholarship and undiluted love to his families, friends, unknown people and society at large. Prophet Jones Ode Erue political sons are too numerous to mention, in summary, He is a man that loves God and believe in the efficacy of his prayers to God.