The Minister of Women Affairs and Social
Development, Aisha Jumai Alhassan, on Tuesday slumped at the Internally
Displaced
Persons’ camp in Fufore Local Government Area of
Adamawa State.
Alhassan was on a two-day official visit to
the state when she slumped shortly after presenting relief materials to the
IDPs.
But the slump that could have led to a national tragedy was averted by the
swift intervention of her aides and camp officials who administered first aid
on her.
It was gathered that
barely few minutes after walking into the hall with the aid of crutches,
Alhassan, who recently had an operation for an undisclosed ailment, slumped.
She was immediately
assisted by some of her aides who got a chair and helped her to sit down on it.
Her aides, particularly
the women, used their wrappers, bucket and dustbin covers and whatever they
could lay their hands on, to fan the ailing minister.
At this point,
journalists who were already inside the hall, were ordered to leave the hall by
her security aides.
A camp source told
journalists that some bottles of Coca-Cola were given to the minister, which
she reportedly drank “to increase her blood sugar level.”
After she was stabilised,
Alhassan was hurriedly driven out of the Fufore IDP camp to where she lodged to
have a rest.
An unconfirmed source
added that Alhassan while at the lodge used some of her medication and after a
while went back to the camp to deliver President Muhammadu Buhari’s message to
the displaced persons and to inspect some of the relief materials the Federal
Government provided for them.
Our correspondent
gathered that the minister after she recovered from the unfortunate incident
went into a hall in the camp where she addressed some women.
At the IDPs camp, the
minister explained that she was on a fact-finding mission to the North-East as
directed by President Buhari following allegations of human abuse in the IDPs
camps of Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states.
Alhassan, however,
promised the displaced persons that the Federal Government was working on
modalities to ensure that they return to their homes as soon as possible.
She said, “President
Muhammadu Buhari sent me to you people because he is highly worried about your
continued stay in IDPs camps and has given you every assurance that you will
soon return to your kiths and kins.”
The minister had earlier
paid a courtesy call on Governor Jibrilla Bindow in Government House, Yola
where she urged him to continue to support women in his capital developmental
strides.
She applauded Bindow for
his tireless efforts aimed at developing the state.
Punch
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