On Friday, Senate President Godswill Akpabio offered clarification regarding recent concerns about his health.
Contrary to reports suggesting a collapse during his 61st birthday colloquium in Abuja, Akpabio attributed his fatigue to a diagnosis of malaria.
Following the event, he was said to have felt unwell while seeing off President Bola Tinubu at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel in Abuja, prompting a hospital visit.
Addressing reporters at the Senate on Friday, Akpabio, while not explicitly confirming the alleged collapse, revealed that his health was affected by a combination of malaria and heightened stress.
He said, “What eventually happened after the event was a show of humanity. I went home and I called my doctors and I was assured that I have malaria, mingled with stress, which could also be described in another way as exhaustion.
“In fact, anybody could be exhausted. Please, drink water daily so that you don’t get exhausted.”
“This is to say that the work goes on. I want to assure Nigerians that the National Assembly is intact and we are still going on with our duty, our appropriation.
“We will resume on 20th December. But before then, the various committees must have finished their work to enable us meet the target to pass the budget before the end of the year for the president to append his signature.”
