NAIJA NEWS
There was a commotion at the National Assembly on Wednesday after a ministerial nominee, Balarabe Abbas, slumped during screening by the Nigerian Senate.
Naija News reports that the ministerial nominee had read out his profile before the incident happened.
The development forced the Senate to go into a close session.
This news platform reported earlier that lawmakers, upon resumption of plenary today, began screening three new ministerial candidates nominated by President Bola Tinubu.
The nominees to be screened today are Balarabe Abbas Lawal from Kaduna State, Dr Jamila Bio Ibrahim from Kwara State and Ayodele Olawande from Ondo State.