By Muhammed Abubakar, Reporting
A ministerial nominee of President Bola Tinubu, Balarabe Abbas Lawal, has slumped while being screened by the Senate on Wednesday.
The incident sparked some frantic scenes in the chamber.
The nominee, who is from Kaduna State, had spoken for several minutes during his screening before falling to the floor with several lawmakers rushing to his aid.
Stonix News reports that Lawal is one of the three new ministerial nominees being screened by the Senate.
Others were 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 2:00 p.m to conclude all the items for the day.
He had finished making his presentation to the lawmakers and was about taking questions from them when he slumped.
The Senate, thereafter, swiftly relapsed into closed door session while efforts were being made to revive the nominee.
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