Buhari Greets ‘Queen Of The Tube’, Julie Coker At 80

President Muhammadu Buhari has felicitated with multi-talented artiste and veteran broadcaster, Chief Julie Coker, on her 80th birthday, joining the creative industry to celebrate the iconic culture ambassador, musician, and author.

The President’s felicitation was conveyed in a communique put out by his special media aide, Mr Femi Adesina.

Buhari congratulated the Yeye Eto of Lagos for a sterling career in journalism and performing arts, coming into the 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).

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As a former beauty queen, Miss Western Nigeria Competition, 1958, and runner-up at a Miss Nigeria contest, the President believes 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.

President 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 the 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.