22nd October 2025, NewsOrient, Education, News, Governance And Development

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has announced the suspension of its ongoing two-week warning strike.

The National President of ASUU, Prof. Chris Piwuna, who announced the suspension at a media briefing in Abuja on Wednesday, said “the decision stemmed from the National Executive Council (NEC) meeting, which held overnight and ended by 4 am on Wednesday.”

According to Piwuna, the union decided to embark on the strike due to the failure of the government to meet its demands on time.

He said: ‘We’ve had useful engagements with representatives of the government to consider the response to the draft renegotiation of the 2009 agreements.

“However, we are definitely not where we were prior to the commencement of the strike.

‘The union acknowledged that the government returned to the negotiation table.

“While noting that a lot more work is still required, NEC came to the conclusion that the ongoing strike should be reviewed.

“The decision to review the strike action was a result of efforts by our students, parents, and the Nigeria Labour Congress.

“Consequently, NEC resolved to suspend the warning strike to reciprocate the efforts of well-meaning Nigerians,” ASUU said.

Recall that ASUU declared “a total and comprehensive warning strike,” which started from Monday, 13 October.

The union is demanding the conclusion of the renegotiated 2009 FGN-ASUU agreement, the release of the withheld three and a half months’ salaries, sustainable funding of public universities, revitalisation of public universities, amongst others.

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