updated: Nigeria’s President Tinubu’s Ministerial-appointee, Abbas Lawal Balarabe, nominated as replacement for rejected ex-Kaduna Gov el-Rufai, slumps during Senate screening…gasping for breath

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A ministerial nominee, Abass Lawal Balarabe, has slumped while standing at the podium inside the Senate.

Balarabe slumped after his introductory remarks.

Senate President Godswill Akpabio immediately called for a doctor to attend to him.

He also immediately directed that the Senate dissolves into an executive session, telling television cameras at the session to immediately stop recording.

Balarabe was nominated as a replacement for the former Kaduna State governor,  Nasir El-Rufai.

His name was conveyed in a letter read by the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio at the plenary on Tuesday.

Balarabe’s name was read alongside Dr Jamila Ibrahaim and Ayodele Olawande as Minister of Youths Development and Minister of State for Youths Development, respectively who were earlier nominated by the president.

Meanwhile, Balarabe is lying helplessly on his recuperating bed at the time of filing this report./SHARE THIS

…Details unfoldig…

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