Nigeria, Nov. 11 -- The Deputy Spokesperson of the House of Representatives, Philip Agbese, has revealed that President Bola Tinubu's timely intervention prevented what could have been a major institutional crisis within the National Assembly.

The tension followed rising disquiet among lawmakers over the delayed release of funds for 2024 and 2025 capital projects and the government's failure to pay indigenous contractors for completed works.

The situation reached a boiling point last week when members of the All Indigenous Contractors Association of Nigeria (AICAN), in their numbers, stormed the National Assembly complex in Abuja, blocking the main entrance and halting vehicular movement.

The contractors, who claimed to have executed s...