22/10/2025
ASUU Suspends Two-weeks Warning Strike
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has announced the suspension of its two-week warning strike, which began on October 13, 2025.
The union said the suspension of the warning strike, which was due to expire next Monday, October 27, followed renewed commitments from the Federal Government to address key issues raised by the union.
ASUU had embarked on the industrial action after the expiration of an earlier 14-day ultimatum issued to the government, citing what it described as “persistent neglect and insincerity” in resolving long-standing demands contained in the 2009 FGN/ASUU Agreement.
The demands include the payment of withheld salaries, promotion arrears, earned academic allowances (EAA), release of third-party deductions, and revitalisation funding for public universities.
Addressing a press conference in Abuja this morning October 22, the National President of ASUU, Professor Chris Piwuna, said the strike was suspended at the union’s executive meeting that ended in the early hours of Wednesday.
He said there would have been no warning strike at all if the government had been sincere with the negotiation from the onset. He commended the intervention of the Senate, which made it possible for the union to consider the suspension of the strike action.
“NEC resolved that the warning strike is hereby suspended with immediate effect. Should the government fail to address the issues within one month, ASUU reserves the right to return to its initial decision,” Piwuna said.
