The president of the Senate on Friday cleared the air over speculations that he slumped after his 61st birthday celebration in Abuja on Thursday.
He admitted that he was exhausted after a bout of malaria.
It was alleged in news reports that Akpabio had, after the event, slumped while seated on a chair at the Transcorp Hilton hotel where the event was held earlier.
The event that featured Lecture/Colloquium, held in honor of the 61st birthday was the second part of his grand 61st birthday celebration.
The Senate President had on Saturday, 9th December, started his birthday anniversary at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium, Uyo, Akwa-Ibom with a mammoth crowd in attendance.
The Senate President who applauded President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for gracing the event personally also thanked the President’s wife, all the ministers, and senators who took out their time to be part of the event.
He also apologized to some emirs who left the venue because of overzealousness of some security.9
“What eventually happened after the event was a show of humanity. So I went home and I called my doctor and I was assured that I had a bout of Malaria mingled with stress and the stress which could also be described in another way as exaution, infact anybody could be exausted.
He admonished Nigerians to drink water daily so that they don’t get exhausted. “This is to say that the beat 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 works to enable us to meet the target to pass the budget before the end of the year for the president to append his signature.”