BREAKING: Tinubu's ministerial nominee slumps at the Senate floor, details emerge

  • President Bola Tinubu, newly nominated minister from Kaduna, Abass Lawal Balarabe, collapsed during ministerial screening on the floor of the Senate
  • Balarabe collapsed shortly after he made an introduction of himself, and Senate President Godswill Akpabio immediately ordered a doctor
  • Akpabio then ordered that the recording televisions should stop, and the house immediately went into a closed-door session

President Bola Tinubu’s new ministerial nominee, Abass Lawal Balarabe, reportedly collapsed at the podium during the Senate screening on Wednesday, October 4.

The Kaduna ministerial nominee slumped after making introductory remarks during his ministerial screening, TVC reported.