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BREAKING: Fresh Update On Ministerial Nominee After Slumping At Screening Emerge
BREAKING: Fresh Update On Ministerial Nominee After Slumping At Screening Emerge
A ministerial nominee, Balarabe Abbas Lawal, who collapsed during his screening in the Senate on Wednesday, has been revived.
The nominee spoke for about 15 minutes before falling to the floor. Medical personnel were called in and successfully resuscitated him. A source in the Senate disclosed that the nominee was suffering from exhaustion.
Following the incident, the Senate went into a closed-door session while efforts were being made to revive him inside the chamber. Lawal was subsequently taken out of the Senate chamber with an ambulance.
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The screening resumed with the third nominee, Ayodele Olawande from Ondo State, now before the Senate.
Lawal is one of the three new ministerial nominees being screened by the Senate, along with Dr. Jamila Bio Ibrahim from Kwara State and Mr. Ayodele Olawande from Ondo State.
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 p.m. to conclude all the items for the day. Lawal, while speaking, mentioned that he has been serving in government for a long time and intends to bring his experience to the cabinet of the President Bola Tinubu administration.
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.”
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