The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has suspended its two-week warning strike, granting the Federal Government a one-month window to address its demands.

ASUU President, Professor Chris Piwuna, disclosed this on Wednesday, October 22,2025, during a press briefing in Abuja, where he explained that the suspension followed fruitful engagements with the Federal Government and key interventions from the National Assembly.

According to him, though the meetings did not fully resolve all issues, the union recognised that significant progress had been made compared to the pre-strike period.

Piwuna also commended the intervention of the Senate Committees on Tertiary Education and TETFund, and Labour, as well as the Deputy Senate President, Senator Barau Jibrin, whose mediation, he said, had rekindled hope for a lasting resolution.

He stated that ASUU’s National Executive Council, after an emergency meeting held from October 21 to October 22, 2025, reviewed the situation and concluded that the warning strike had achieved part of its purpose, particularly in compelling the government to return to the negotiation table.

Recall that on October 12,2025, ASUU declared a two-week total and comprehensive strike following the expiration of a 14-day ultimatum issued to the government on September 28,2025, over 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.