BREAKING: ASUU Suspends Two-Week Warning Strike
BREAKING: ASUU Suspends Two-Week Warning Strike
By Eagles Sight News | Abuja | Wednesday, October 22, 2025
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, disclosed this during a press briefing held in Abuja on Wednesday.
According to Piwuna, the decision followed a National Executive Council (NEC) meeting that lasted overnight and ended around 4:00 a.m.
He explained that the union decided to suspend the strike after reviewing the progress made in its engagements with government representatives and acknowledging the efforts of key stakeholders, including students, parents, and the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC).
Piwuna stated, “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 had earlier declared a comprehensive two-week warning strike starting from Monday, October 13, over the government’s failure to meet its demands on time.
The union’s demands include the conclusion of the renegotiated 2009 FGN-ASUU agreement, payment of withheld three and a half months’ salaries, sustainable funding and revitalisation of public universities, and an end to the alleged victimisation of lecturers in LASU, Prince Abubakar Audu University, and FUTO.
Other demands are the payment of 25–35% salary arrears, settlement of promotion arrears for over four years, and the release of withheld third-party deductions, including cooperative contributions and union dues.