First lady Remi Tinubu has unveiled her vegetable garden at the State House, encouraging first-time women farmers to participate in the Every Home A Garden Competition.
Mrs Tinubu urged women to take the lead in the food security campaign, emphasising the importance of individual contributions to addressing food insufficiency.
A statement issued by her media aide Busola Kukoyi on Saturday said the competition, open to women across Nigeria, aims to promote smart gardening and enhance communal living.
The garden, featuring seven vegetables, showcases the potential for individual efforts to make a significant impact.
The vegetables in the first lady’s garden include spinach, water leaf, bitter leaf, ewedu, lemon grass, scent leaf and okro.
She emphasised that every small contribution can collectively drive the food security campaign forward.
Mrs Tinubu 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.”
Mrs Tinubu showed off the garden to the eife of Imo State governor, Chioma Uzodimma, and wife of the minister of state for defence, 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 said entries must be submitted in a 30-second video format to the office of the wives of state governors.
