ABUJA, Nigeria — Nigeria’s First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, harvested fresh vegetables from her home garden at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Monday, July 6, 2026, while calling on citizens to embrace domestic farming to enhance food security.
The Nigerian Television Authority stated on the social media platform X on Tuesday, July 7, 2026, that the First Lady conducted a routine visit to the plot for another round of harvest from the vegetable plot established two years ago. The statement noted that the garden remains productive, yielding vegetables including spinach, waterleaf, and fluted pumpkin.
Okay News reports that Senator Oluremi Tinubu shared a portion of the harvested vegetables with members of her staff following the harvest. She reminded citizens of the importance of showing compassion by giving to others.
The vegetable garden was originally unveiled in July 2024 as part of the First Lady’s Renewed Hope Initiative to encourage household farming and improve food security amid rising food prices. The initiative was launched alongside the Every Home A Garden competition, which was designed to encourage women and families across Nigeria to cultivate vegetables in their homes.
At the launch, Senator Oluremi 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. The garden initially featured crops such as spinach, waterleaf, bitter leaf, scent leaf, ewedu, okra, and lemongrass.
