The Senator representing Southern Kaduna, Sunday Marshall Katung, has expressed fears that Nigeria may lose its position in the global market as the second-largest producer of ginger if farmers are not compensated. This followed the loss of N12 billion worth of goods due to the fungal disease that affected ginger farmers in the area. The Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Security, Aliyu Abdullahi, had confirmed the outbreak of the ginger blight epidemic in Kaduna, Nasarawa, Plateau and the Federal Capital Territory. According to him, preliminary estimates show that farmers in Southern…