Jude Pepple Re-Elected Graduates Forum President, Promises Greater Engagement With Public, Private Institutions for Greater Social Impact

The newly elected President of the Bonny Graduates Forum (BGF), Jude Pepple says his administration will amplify engagements with public and private institutions to achieve greater social impact and also attract more opportunities for its members.

Pepple said this on Sunday, June 15, 2025 in his inaugural address shortly after his re-election as President of the Forum for another two years tenure in Bonny, Rivers State.

Elected alongside Pepple were Christian Tobin; Vice President, James Ezekiel-Hart; Secretary, Anne Rowland-Hart; Assistant Secretary, Perpetual Green; Treasurer, Thayibat Pepple; Financial Secretary, Dienye Jumbo; Publicity Secretary, and Diepiri Ezekiel-Hart; Director of Socials.

The newly elected executives of the Bonny Graduates Forum (BGF) were instantly inaugurated immediately after the elections, which held on Sunday, June 15, 2025 at the Bonny Youth Federation (BYF) secretariat along King Asimini Bypass, popularly known as Berger Road.

The BGF President reaffirmed his determination to justify the confidence and trust of the Bonny graduates’ community in his leadership and vision, asserting that he will consolidate on successes achieved during his first tenure in office.

He highlighted his policy direction as 1) improve collaboration with stakeholders 2) reposition the forum to attract employment for its members 3) collaborate with government for graduates’ scholarship and skills/professional training and 4) reawaken the forum’s government policy analysis and recommendations.

Pepple charged members of the Forum to get more involved in the forum’s activities and be good leads on information sharing for the benefit of Bonny Graduates Forum and Bonny Kingdom at large.

He expressed his appreciation to the BGF Board of Trustees, the Electoral Committee, and all members of the forum their continual support, stressing that the BGF will continue to play a critical role in the socio-educational advancement of Bonny Kingdom.

In attendance during the election and inauguration were immediate past Leader of the Bonny Legislative Assembly; Larry Ibaningo, Chairman of the Board of Trustees (BOT); Peter Abbey, General Secretary of the Bonny Youth Federation (BYF); Omoni Sylvanus, immediate past President and Vice President of BGF, Awoiyeala Allison and Roland Hart, respectively, and a former General Secretary of the BYF, Boma Brown, amongst others.