Presidential spokesperson, Bayo Onanuga, has urged Nigerians to cultivate gardens and grow their foods to combat food inflation rather than criticise President Bola Tinubu’s government.
In a post on X at the weekend, Mr Onanuga shared a photo of a man holding a small blue plastic basket containing potatoes to illustrate the harvest from his home garden.
According to his caption; “I harvested some potatoes today in the garden beside my house in Lekki-Ajah.
“Grow some food; your little effort can help reduce food costs. Do something, not just tweet criticism of the government.”
The tweet has received hundreds of retweets, with many Nigerians dismissing it as an impractical or overly simplistic solution to the country’s food crisis.
Mr Onanuga’s tweet echoes a similar message from First Lady Oluremi Tinubu, who recently posted a photo of herself planting vegetables in a garden, encouraging Nigerians to follow her example.