He started his music studies in 1987 at the Federal College of Education, Pankshin, Plateau state of Nigeria after which he proceeded to the University of Nigeria, Nsukka where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Music in 1994. He had his post-graduate studies for both Masters and Ph.D. at the University of Ibadan. Godwin has done extensive research into the music of the Idoma people in Nigeria and is currently researching into the music of the Ebira people in Kogi state of Nigeria. He is a registered member of several professional bodies including Association of Nigerian Musicologists and Pan-African Society for Musical Arts Education (West African Sub Region).