Ghanaian lawmaker, Francis-Xavier Sosu, collapsed while delivering a speech to students and other attendees at the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration on Thursday.
Sosu, the Member of Parliament representing Madina, was speaking on leadership, public service and lessons from his personal experiences when he suddenly appeared to lose consciousness while on stage.
Moments before the incident, the lawmaker had urged the audience to embrace service as a key quality of effective leadership, saying, “I respectfully submit that if you want to be a good leader, let service be your hallmark.”
He subsequently fell on stage, prompting people at the event to quickly move towards him and offer assistance.
Video footage from the gathering showed two individuals helping Sosu after he collapsed.
The MP briefly appeared to regain consciousness and seemed ready to resume his address, but he slumped again shortly afterwards.
He was then assisted away from the stage and taken for medical attention.
His condition was not immediately known at the time of filing this report.
