Nigeria’s First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, harvests fresh vegetables from the Presidential Villa garden in Abuja and renews her call for Nigerians to embrace home gardening to support food security. Reports say she visits the garden for another round of harvesting from a vegetable plot created under her Every Home A Garden initiative. The garden, established nearly two years earlier, produces vegetables including spinach, waterleaf, and fluted pumpkin. After the harvest, Tinubu shares portions of the produce with members of her staff.
Outlets also link the Villa garden to broader government food and household farming efforts. The garden is described as being unveiled in July 2024 as part of the Renewed Hope Initiative, which encourages household cultivation amid rising food prices. The initiative is presented alongside the Every Home A Garden competition intended to motivate women and families across Nigeria to grow vegetables at home. At the launch, Tinubu is reported to have said the project demonstrates how small spaces can be used to grow nutritious food, with the goal of lowering feeding costs and supporting healthier living.
