Rice farmers in Bauchi State have urged the Federal Government to sustain a current ban on importation of foreign rice into the country. A cross-section of farmers in the state interview by News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Bauchi on Tuesday said that the ban had helped in boosting local production of the commodity. Malam Suleiman Dauda, a member of Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN), said that lifting the ban on foreign rice would spell doom for local farmers. Dauda urged government no ignore calls for the lifting of the ban...