Nigeria's Minster of Labour and Employment was reportedly slumped while defending his ministry's budget before the House of Representatives.
Chris Ngige
Nigeria's Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Nwabueze Ngige, on Thursday reportedly collapsed while defending his ministry's budget at the National Assembly.
According to
DailyPost, the minister was making the defence before the House of Representatives’ Committee on Labour when he collpased.
However, in a swift reaction, Senator Chris Ngige, who claimed to be presently outside the country
denied the collapse report while speaking with The Nation correspondent .
“I am not in Nigeria, I attended special morning session function in Zambia and am airborne to South Africa where I will be coming into the country tomorrow.
“The rumours in social media and other quarters shows how petty people can be, I don’t see it as anything but I wish to tell those who still play this outdated and obsolete politics of bitterness to embrace change and know that it is no longer business as usual,” he said.
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