....Urges Residents to Engage in Farming.
Wife of Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Olayemi Oyebanji has encouraged residents of the state irrespective of their status to engage in farming to mitigate the effect of current economic challenges.
The Ekiti State First Lady stated this while planting vegetables at her garden located at Government House, Ayoba Villa in Ado Ekiti, the state capital.
She explained that cultivation of garden at every home is an initiative of the First Lady of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Senator Oluremi Tinubu which was needed to cushion the effect of the current hardship.
Dr. Oyebanji noted that bags and containers could as well be used to grow food crops if there were no space to cultivate a garden around the house.
The First Lady added that such activity remained an avenue to exercise the body and promote healthy living through consumption of organic food crops.
Dr. Oyebanji was accompanied by by the Commissioner for Agriculture and Food Security, Mr. Ebenezer Boluwade; Commissioner for Budget, Economic Planning and Performance Management, Mr Oyeniyi Adebayo and Commissioner for Investment, Trade and Industry, Mrs. Omotayo Adeola.
Yesterday, I started the cultivation of a garden at the Government House to plant vegetables to encourage other citizens of Ekiti State to take to farming, boost food security and keep hunger at bay.
The cultivation of garden at every home is an initiative of the First Lady of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Senator Oluremi Tinubu as a means of tackling the challenges of high cost of food materials and mitigate the effects of the current economic challenges.
Apart from producing food at subsistent level, raising a garden at home creates an avenue to exercise the body and promote healthy living through consumption of organic food crops.
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