Uncertainty as Minister slumps at public function

 

There is uncertainty over the fate of the Minister of State for Industry Trade and Investment, Ambassador Maryam Yalwaji Katagun, who slumped at an official function in Bauchi State on Monday.

The Minister was in Bauchi to launch an empowerment programme. She slumped when she tried to deliver her speech at the ceremony which had the Deputy Governor of Bauchi State, Senator Baba Tela, in attendance.

She was immediately evacuated to the Trauma Centre of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital (ATBU-TH).

“She just held her head and slumped suddenly while officials rushed her to the hospital immediately,” a witness said.

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Daily Trust reports that the Minister, who had been in Bauchi since Saturday, featured in a live program on Globe FM radio on Sunday.

She was said to have had other personal engagements before the programme.

There is no update yet on her situation, as at the time of this report

A senior government official told newsmen that as soon as her situation improved the Minister would be flown to Abuja for further medical attention.