Protesters shut N’Assembly over unpaid contracts

NASS complex

Operations at the National Assembly were disrupted on Wednesday as aggrieved local contractors, lawyers, and civil society activists barricaded the major entry and exit points of the complex in protest over an alleged N3tn debt owed to them by the Federal Government.

The demonstration brought vehicular movement to a halt from the Assembly gate through the Federal Secretariat axis in Abuja, forcing lawmakers, staff, and visitors to seek alternative access routes.

Plenary and committee activities were also affected, with some legislators reportedly delayed outside the premises.

Brandishing placards and chanting solidarity songs, the contractors vowed to sustain the blockade “for as long as it takes” until payment alerts hit their phones for government projects they claimed to have completed.