Spouse of Ekiti State governor, Dr Olayemi Oyebanji has referred to as on Ekiti girls to embrace the agricultural observe of cultivating a vegetable backyard at their completely different houses to cushion the impact of financial hardship.
The Governor’s spouse spoke after harvesting the primary set of greens she cultivated herself in her backyard inside the Authorities Home in Ado Ekiti.
Dr Oyebanji who was harvesting the greens barely one month after planting, stated she took the motion to encourage home manufacturing of edible gadgets in each houses, and the state at giant.
The Ekiti First Girl urged girls within the state to emulate her by planting easy meals gadgets inside the neighborhood of their houses to enrich their husbands and assist scale back their prices out there.
The governor’s spouse introduced that proprietor of greatest backyard in Ekiti will probably be handsomely rewarded.
She expressed gratitude for the fast germination of the greens, whereas expressing happiness for laying an instance for different girls in Ekiti State to emulate.
“I’m overwhelmed to see my backyard I planted about one month in the past rising so quick and quickly, I’m certain this might function instance for different Ekiti girls to emulate.
“Allow us to plant greens, okro, pepper and different petty crops we’d like as girls in order that we can provide our husbands and youngsters contemporary meals,” she stated.
Dr. Oyebanji famous that the thought of “One Residence, One Backyard” was an initiative of the Nigeria’s First Girl, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, who has mandated all state first women to start the initiative of their respective states.
“The first intention of the initiative was to scale back starvation in our states, and this initiative didn’t exempt our males too. When we’ve meals and greens in abundance, the costs of those commodities will naturally be lowered out there,” Dr. Oyebanji echoed.
She assured Ekiti girls particularly that vegetable seedlings could be made accessible for girls who may need to have gardens of their completely different houses.
Mrs Oyebanji added that the President’s spouse has promised to reward the most effective vegetable backyard cultivated in Nigeria, pledging that the identical will probably be replicated in Ekiti after the evaluation of the Ministry of Agriculture and Meals Safety.
She expressed optimism that it will encourage girls in no small measure.