…unveils garden at state House, says ‘I’m leading by example’
. Urges women to lead food security campaign
First Lady Oluremi Tinubu has unveiled her vegetable garden at the State House Residence in Abuja, the nation’s capital, urging women to take the lead in the food security campaign.
She also emphasised the importance of individual contributions to addressing food insufficiency.
While unveiling the garden, First Lady Tinubu encouraged first-time women farmers to participate in the Every Home A Garden Competition.
According to a statement by her Senior Special Assistant on Media, Busola Kukoyi, the competition is open to women across Nigeria and is aimed at promoting smart gardening and enhance communal living.
The First Lady’s garden, which features seven vegetables, showcases the potential for individual efforts to make a significant impact.
The vegetables in the garden include spinach, water leaf, bitter leaf, ewedu, lemon grass, scent leaf and okro.
Mrs Tinubu stressed that every small contribution can collectively drive the food security campaign forward.
She said, “This little garden will be able to provide healthy vegetables enough for my household and I would definitely be able to let some of my staff have as well.
“The solution to any problem lies in everyone contributing their own quota to getting that solution. As a leader, I must show example and plant my own garden.
“This will also enhance communal living and help drive the food security campaign of the Federal Government. The vegetables are medicinal and the garden is to lead by example for other women to embrace smart gardening.”
The First Lady showed off the garden to the Wife of Imo State Governor, Chioma Uzodinma, and Wife of the Minister of State for Defence, Mrs Aisha Matawale.
The competition, which closes on September 25, 2024, and offering a N25 million prize for the winner, is open to first time women farmers all over Nigeria
The statement added that entries must be submitted in a 30-second video format to the Office of the Wives of State Governors.
