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She said the garden had at least seven types of vegetables including spinach, water leaf, bitter leaf, Ewedu, lemon grass, scent leaf and okro.
President Bola Tinubu’s government has announced the scale-up of Nigeria’s first lady, Oluremi Tinubu’s Home Garden Initiative which started in the State House.
The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Abubakar Kyari, who made this known in a statement issued on Wednesday said government’s support for the scale-up of the Home Garden Initiative of the first lady is part of a series of strategic measures aimed at addressing the high food prices currently affecting Nigerians.
Kyari said the government will be “supporting the scale-up of the Home Garden Initiative by the Office of the First Lady of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.”
The minister who added that part of the government’s measures is enhancement of Nutrition Security and promotion of production of fortified food commodities, said the measures will be executed within the next 180 days.
He further said that over the next 14 days, in close collaboration with the Presidential Food Systems Coordinating Unit (PFSCU) and the Economic Management Team (EMT), the government will convene with respective agencies to finalize the implementation frameworks.
SaharaReporters had reported that the first lady unveiled a small private vegetable garden in the State House as her contribution to the nation's food drive.
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She said the garden had at least seven types of vegetables including spinach, water leaf, bitter leaf, Ewedu, lemon grass, scent leaf and okro.
The first lady highlighted the power of individual actions, stating that while single efforts may seem small, they can collectively make a substantial difference in advancing the food security initiative.
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