Buhari congratulates Yeye Eto of Lagos Julie Coker at 80

By allcitynews.ng

President Muhammadu Buhari has sent his warmly greetings to a multi-talented artiste and veteran broadcaster, Chief Julie Coker, on her 80th birthday.

Likewise, Buhari, in the message sent to allcitynews.ng by the Presidential Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, joined the creative industry to celebrate the iconic culture ambassador, musician and author.

Buhari congratulated the Yeye Eto of Lagos for a sterling career in journalism and performing arts, coming into limelight as a female broadcaster in Africa’s first television station, Western Nigerian Television (WNTV, Ibadan), which started transmission on October 31, 1959, and sustaining the grace in Nigerian Television Service, (NTV, Lagos), now Nigerian Television Authority (NTA).

According to Buhari, as a former beauty queen, Miss Western Nigeria Competition, 1958, and runner-up at a Miss Nigeria contest, the President believed Chief  Coker’s talent brought her into the spotlight at an early age, and has consistently sustained her growing influence over the years, both within and outside the country.

Buhari rejoiced with family members, friends and professional associates of the exceptional  broadcaster, who continues to project the country to the world by accepting leadership roles in culture and tourism in the United Kingdom and United States.

The President prayed that the Almighty God will grant Chief Coker longer life, good health and more grace to pursue and actualize her dreams of making life better for others.