Ministerial Nominee Revived After Slumping At Screening
A ministerial nominee, Balarabe Abbas Lawal, who slumped while being screened by the Senate on Wednesday has been revived.
The nominee, who fell to the floor after speaking for about 15 minutes was resuscitated by medical personnel called into the chamber after he slumped.
A source in the Senate disclosed that the nominee was suffering from exhaustion.
The Senate had gone into a closed-door session while efforts were being made to revive him inside the chamber.
The ministerial nominee has been taken out of the senate chamber with an ambulance.
The screening has resumed with the third nominee, Ayodele Olawande, from Ondo State now before the senate.
