Maryam Katagum, Nigeria’s Minister of State for Trade and Investment collapsed during an official function in Bauchi on Monday.
Politics Nigeria learned that Katagum was in the state to launch an empowerment programme when she suddenly slumped while trying to deliver a speech at the ceremony.
She was immediately rushed to the Trauma Centre of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital (ATBU-TH).
An eyewitness disclosed that she “just held her head and slumped suddenly while officials rushed her to the hospital immediately.”