VIDEO Captures Moment Ministerial Nominee Slumped During Screening (WATCH)

VIDEO Captures Moment Ministerial Nominee Slumped During Screening (WATCH)

During the Senate screening on Wednesday, Balarabe Abbas Lawal, a ministerial nominee from Kaduna State, collapsed, prompting a flurry of activity in the Chamber.

Lawal, one of the three new ministerial nominees being evaluated by the Senate along with Dr. Jamila Bio Ibrahim from Kwara State and Mr. Ayodele Olawande from Ondo State, had been speaking for several minutes during his screening before he fell to the floor. Lawmakers rushed to his aid.

Medical personnel were called in to resuscitate Lawal following his slump. He was revived and is currently still inside the chamber.

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Lawal, who is an experienced government official, expressed his intention to bring his wealth of experience to the cabinet of the President Bola Tinubu administration during his presentation.

He was the second nominee to be screened after the Senate Leader, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, moved a motion to extend the sitting time beyond 2 pm to conclude all the items for the day. While Senator Sunday Marshal representing Kaduna South was speaking and expressing no objection to Lawal’s nomination, Lawal fell to the floor, leading the Senate to go into a closed-door session.

He had said, “I want to indicate clearly that, as part of my career, I was appointed secretary to the government three times from 2015 till today. I want to say that I am likely the longest-serving secretary to the government in Nigeria.

“I have been part of administration; I have been part of policy making. I have been part of trying to change things in the country based on what I did at the federal level and at the state level.

“I want to bring this experience to wherever I find myself in the new cabinet of the president. I want to express my gratitude to all of you for listening, and I also want to extend my sincere thanks to the President of the Senate for allowing me to stand before the chambers.

“This is a house of splendor, a house of integrity. A house of democracy, and I feel highly honoured because, to me, this is the highest point of my career — to stand before this hollowed chamber and say things about myself. I feel very happy; today is maybe my happiest day to be here and be addressing this chamber.

“I want to end here by saying that the environment, which I think I may be going  is a very important issue, and we know that we have been going through a lot of issues in that environment.”

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