Ajoke Muhammed Explained

Ajoke Muhammed
Office:First Lady of Nigeria
1Namedata:Murtala Muhammed
Term Label:In role
Term Start:29 July 1975
Term End:13 February 1976
Predecessor:Victoria Gowon
Successor:Esther Oluremi Obasanjo
Birth Date:1941 5, df=yes
Birth Place:Kano, Northern Region, British Nigeria (now in Kano State, Nigeria)
Children:6, including Aisha
Relatives:Ireti Kingibe (sister)
Nationality:Nigerian

Hafsatu Ajoke Muhammed (born 23 May 1941) is a Nigerian conservationist and the fourth First Lady of Nigeria. She is the widow of General Murtala Muhammed who was Nigerian Head of State from 29 July 1975 to 13 February 1976.[1]

Biography

She was born on 23 May 1941 in British Nigeria.[2] Ajoke married Murtala Muhammed in 1963.[3]

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.[4] [5] She also owns a 20-hectare garden in Abuja named Sarius Palmetum and Botanic Garden.[6]

She has 5 living children and launched the Murtala Muhammed Foundation in memory of her husband alongside his family.[7]

Notes and References

  1. News: Okon-Ekong. Nseobong. 2010-10-02. Nigeria: First Ladies - Colourful Brilliance, Gaudy Rays. Thisday. AllAfrica.com. dead. 2012-07-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20120423151021/http://allafrica.com/stories/201010040212.html. 2012-04-23.
  2. Web site: 2021-05-24 . Ajoke Muhammed: A consequential matriarch at 80 . 2023-03-11 . The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News . en-US.
  3. Web site: Adenekan. Moruff. 2018-02-13. Murtala Muhammed: Tribute To The Man Whose Face Adorns The Twenty Naira Note. live. 2021-08-01. Nigerian Entertainment Today. en-US. https://web.archive.org/web/20180213142613/http://thenet.ng/murtala-muhammed-tribute-man-whose-face-adorns-twenty-naira-note/ . 2018-02-13 .
  4. News: 2013-10-21. One woman's mission to save Nigeria's palms. en-GB. BBC News. 2021-08-01.
  5. Book: Kamil, Muhammed. Africa Has Come of Age: The Ideological Legacy of General Murtala Ramat Muhammed. 1996. Munascripts Noetic Associates. 978-978-33666-0-2. en.
  6. Web site: 2021-05-24. Murtala Muhammed children extol mother's virtues during 80th birthday celebration. 2021-08-01. Vanguard News. en-US.
  7. Book: Siollun, Max. Oil, Politics and Violence: Nigeria's Military Coup Culture (1966-1976). 2009. Algora Publishing. 978-0-87586-710-6. en.