Minister of State for Industry, Trade and Investment, Mrs Maryam Katagum, on Monday, July 5, slumped while on an official engagement in Bauchi State.
The minister, who was in Bauchi for an event, suddenly slumped as she tried to deliver her speech at the ceremony and was rushed to the Trauma Centre of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital (ATBUTH) for medical attention.
According to reports, an eyewitness disclosed that the minister who sat next to the Bauchi State Deputy Governor, Sen Baba Tela, at the event looked withdrawn touching her head occasionally as the programme was going on.
Another eyewitness said that the minister slumped as she stood up to deliver her address and launch the programme, adding that she just held her head and went down flat.
