2021-05-21 13:31:05 GMT2021-05-21 21:31:05(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
by Olatunji Saliu and Guo Jun
ABUJA, May 21 (Xinhua) Oyeronke Adegbile stands by a wooden boat at a beach in Lagos, the biggest coastal city and the economic hub of Nigeria, smiling and listening to several fishermen pouring out their complaints about the hardship of life as they are busy picking fishes off their fishing net.
Adegbile is here on a beach cleaning activity, part of the efforts of a non-governmental organization she founded to promote marine protection in local communities.
The 40-year-old marine researcher with Nigerian Institute for Oceanography and Marine Research(NIOMR) is widely referred to as Madam Sea Turtle by the coastal communities she frequents together with her colleagues because of her seemingly overzealous dedication to the protection of sea turtles.