A source in the Senate disclosed that the nominee, Balarabe Abbas Lawal who slumped during his screening has been revived by medical personnel. This happened when he was speaking with senate 15 minutes into his screening. The source further revealed that he suffered 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 continued with the nominee, Ayodele Olawande, from Ondo State.

Lawal is one of the three new ministerial nominees being screened by the Senate, with others being 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 the agendas for the day.

While speaking, the nominee said he has been serving in government for a long time and intends to bring his experience to the cabinet of the President Bola Tinubu’s 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 different administrations, I have been part of Policy-makers. I have been part of people who are making efforts to change things in the country based on what I did at the federal and state levels.

“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 appreciation to the President of the Senate for allowing me to stand before the chambers.”

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