Ajoke Muhammed

Hafsatu Ajoke Muhammed (23 May 1941– 13 February 1976) 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.

Ajoke Muhammed

Quotes

• There are plants everywhere but palms have a special aura
  • [1] Ajoke Muhammed talks about plants
• They have the ability to transform an environment in a way that no other plant can."
  • [2] Mrs Muhammed talks about the speciality of Palm trees
• Half of the world's palms originate in Madagascar, but Africans are not interested.
  • [3]
• It's the Westerners who go there in search of plants that are going into extinction, which they then take back to their own countries.
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