A portrait of mrs. Ajoke Murtala Muhammed (first lady federal republic of Nigeria 1975-1976)
Date
2023
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Fct, Abuja: National Library of Nigeria, Headquarters
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Portraitof mrs. Ajoke Murtala Muhammed (first lady federal republic of Nigeria 1975-1976)
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This is the portrait of mrs. Ajoke Murtala Muhammed (first lady federal republic of Nigeria 1975-1976).
She was born on 23 May 1941 in British Nigeria. Ajoke 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.