Kaduna State ministerial nominee, Abbas Balarabe, on Wednesday, collapsed during his screening before the Senate.
Balarabe had just finished his presentation to the lawmakers and collapsed while one of the Kaduna senators was praising him.
Senate President, GodsWill Akpabio, who was shocked by the development, started to scream, “Bring water and sugar. Call Dr Musa!”
Akpabio then immediately called for a closed-door session, ordering journalists out of the Senate chamber. The ongoing live streaming of the session was also stopped immediately.
Balarabe was nominated as a replacement for the former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai.
The nominee’s name was conveyed in a letter read by Akpabio at the plenary on Tuesday.
His name was read alongside Dr Jamila Ibrahaim and Ayodele Olawande, who were earlier nominated by the President, as Minister of Youths and Minister of State for Youths, respectively.
Balarabe, a former Secretary to the Kaduna State Government, was in April appointed to lead a 65-man transition committee ahead of the swearing-in of Uba Sani.
Senate had in August refused to confirm the nomination of El-Rufai alongside former Nexim Bank Managing Director, Stella Okotete (Delta State), and Abubakar Danlandi, a nominee from Taraba State.
President Tinubu had earlier sent 48 nominees to the Senate, but 45 of them were passed as ministers.