A coalition of civil society organizations, CSOs, and lawyers, under the aegis of Concerned Lawyers for Probity and Justice, has asked the Federal Ministry of Finance to clear debts owed indigenous contractors, estimated at about N4 trillion. The coalition made the demand during a demonstration at the Ministry of Finance, alongside members of the Enough is Enough Movement and the All Indigenous Contractors Association of Nigeria, AICAN. The civic activists and lawyers accused the ministry of selective payments and favoritism in ongoing moves to settle the outstanding debts. The local contractors claim that despite partial disbursements after demonstrations in December 2025, the majority of verified debts remain unsettled. “When payments stall, jobs vanish, purchasing power drops, local markets suffer, and economic growth grinds to a halt.