Hafsatu Ajoke Muhammed is a Nigerian
conservationist and the fourth First Lady of Nigeria. She is the widow of
Murtala Ramat Muhammed who was Nigerian Head of State from 29 July 1975 to 13 February 1976.
Biography
Ajoke Muhammed married Murtala Muhammed in 1963.
She trained as a dental therapist but developed an interest in plants. She set up the Murtala Muhammed Memorial Botanical Garden, a 30-hectare garden along the
Lekki–Epe Expressway in Lagos in 1991.
She also owns a 20-hectare garden in
Abuja
Abuja () is the capital and eighth most populous city of Nigeria. Situated at the centre of the country within the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), it is a planned city built mainly in the 1980s based on a master plan by International Plann ...
named Sarius Palmetum and Botanic Garden.
She has 5 living children and launched the Murtala Muhammed foundation in memory of her husband alongside his family.
References
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First Ladies of Nigeria
Conservationists
Horticulturists
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people