The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has suspended its two-week warning strike.
The National President of ASUU, Prof. Chris Piwuna, made this known at a press briefing in Abuja on Wednesday.
He said the suspension takes effect from midnight of Wednesday, October 22, 2025.
However, Piwuna warned that the union would not hesitate to resume the strike if the government failed to meet its demands within the next four weeks.
ASUU’s position aligns with that of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), which earlier threatened to join forces with the union.
At a meeting with ASUU and NLC, on Monday, Labour issued a 4-week ultimatum to the federal government to resolve all issues it has with the union and all other tertiary institution-based unions.
It threatened that should the federal government fail to conclude negotiations with all tertiary institution-based unions within the stipulated time, it would not hesitate to take drastic actions by activating all the necessary instruments.
On October 13, 2025, Prof. Piwuna had declared a two-week “total and comprehensive” strike after the expiration of a 14-day ultimatum issued to the government.
The union premised its decision to shut down universities for two weeks upon unresolved issues relating to staff welfare, infrastructure, salary arrears, and the implementation of the 2009 ASUU-FGN agreement.
