Images: Senator Oluremi Tinubu picks homegrown veggies at Aso Villa garden, distributes the fresh crop to employees

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Nigeria’s First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has harvested fresh vegetables from her home garden at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, while reiterating her call on Nigerians to embrace home gardening as part of efforts to promote food security in the country.

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According to NTA on X on Tuesday, the First Lady paid a routine visit to the garden on Monday for another round of harvest from the vegetable plot established about two years ago under the Every Home A Garden initiative.

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The statement noted that the garden remains productive, yielding vegetables including spinach, waterleaf and fluted pumpkin.

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The First Lady later shared part of the harvested vegetables with members of her staff, reminding Nigerians of the importance of showing compassion by giving to others.

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PUNCH Online reports that the First Lady unveiled the Villa vegetable garden in July 2024 as part of her Renewed Hope Initiative to encourage household farming and improve food security amid rising food prices.

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The initiative was launched alongside the Every Home A Garden competition, designed to encourage women and families across the country to cultivate vegetables in their homes.

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At the launch, Tinubu said the garden was intended to demonstrate that even small household spaces could be used to grow nutritious food while reducing the cost of feeding.

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The garden initially featured crops such as spinach, waterleaf, bitter leaf, scent leaf, ewedu, okra and lemongrass, and has remained part of the First Lady’s advocacy for healthy living, household farming and environmental sustainability.

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