The Academic Staff Union of Universities has suspended its current two-week warning strike.

Prof. Chris Piwuna, the National President of ASUU, announced this during an ongoing press briefing in Abuja on Wednesday.

According to Piwuna, the decision arose from the National Executive Council meeting, which was held overnight and concluded at 4:00 a.m. on Wednesday.

Piwuna stated that the union chose to go on strike owing to the government’s refusal to meet its requests on time.

“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.”

Remember that on Monday, October 13, ASUU announced a complete and comprehensive warning strike.

According to ASUU’s current demands, the 2009 FGN-ASUU agreement must be completed, the withheld three-and-a-half months’ salaries must be released, public universities must be sustainably funded, public universities must be revitalised, and lecturers at LASU, Prince Abubakar Audu University, and FUTO must no longer be victimised.

These include the release of withheld third-party deductions (union check-off dues, cooperative donations), the payment of promotion arrears for more than four years, and the settlement of outstanding 25–35% wage arrears.