BY NGOZI A NWANKWO
Following the intervention of the National Assembly and the Federal Government’s agreement to address the academic workers’ demands, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has suspended the two-week warning strike.
The two-week warning strike that started on October 13, 2025, is expected to end Monday, October 27, 2025.
Speaking to newsmen during a press conference, the ASUU President, Professor Chris Piwuna, said the union suspended the strike before the scheduled date due to recent interventions and engagements with the Deputy Senate President, Yayale Ahmed-led committee.
Meanwhile, the academic workers have urged the government to take advantage of the one-month suspension window to meet their demands, which include: the review of the 2009 ASUU-Federal Government agreement, payment of outstanding salaries and earned allowances, and disbursement of the university revitalisation fund, among others.
The union also warned that it would resume the industrial action without prior notice if no concrete steps are taken within the next one month.
ASUU based its two-week warning strike on the Federal Government’s failure to address issues concerning staff welfare, infrastructure development, implementation of the 2009 ASUU-FGN agreement, and payment of salary arrears.
The Senate, however, had, last week, waded into the industrial dispute between the ASUU and the Federal Government.
It expressed concern over the government’s inability to meet ASUU’s demands, describing the situation as unacceptable.
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Tertiary Institutions and TETFund, Senator Aliyu Dandutse, disclosed this after a closed-door session with the leadership of ASUU.
He also noted that the Senate would immediately initiate a negotiation process involving key stakeholders, including: ASUU, the Ministry of Education and the National Universities Commission (NUC), to chart a path toward a permanent resolution of the crisis.