The Minister of State for Industry, Trade and Investment, Ambassador Maryam Katagum, who slumped at an official event on Monday in Bauchi State, has been discharged and moved to Abuja. The PUNCH had reported that Katagum who was in Bauchi State to inaugurate an empowerment programme collapsed as she tried to deliver her speech. The minister, who hails from Katagum Local Government Area of Bauchi State, had been in the state since Saturday and had many personal and official engagements before Monday when she slumped. At the amenity ward, a nurse said that the minister had been discharged. The nurse, who refused to give her name, said, “The minister was brought here yesterday for medical care.

Source: Punch July 07, 2021 05:26 UTC