First Lady Launches Green Nigeria Challenge to Tackle Desertification and Sanitation Issues.

Nigeria’s First Lady Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has unveiled the Green Nigeria Challenge, a nationwide competition to combat desertification and poor sanitation.

The programme features three categories: households in eleven northern states will plant trees for a twenty million naira prize; community groups nationwide will reclaim dump sites for fifty million naira; and states, excluding Enugu, will compete for one hundred million naira in tree coverage and sanitation.

Enugu was named Nigeria’s model green state for its cleanliness, with the state’s First Lady thanking her husband’s efforts. And other first ladies plan to make sure the challenge reaches the grassroots.

The Green Nigeria Challenge runs until two thousand and twenty-six, aiming to promote environmental responsibility nationwide.