Nurses have agreed to suspend warning strike — Health minister

The National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) has agreed to suspend its nationwide warning strike which began on July 29, 2025.

Minister of Health, Professor Ali Pate, disclosed this on Friday while addressing journalists after a closed-door meeting with the union’s leadership in Abuja.

He said the decision to suspend the strike followed agreements reached between the Federal Government and the union during the negotiations.

While details of the agreement were not made public, union leaders declined to comment when approached by the press after the meeting.

The nurses had embarked on the industrial action in protest against what they described as the government’s failure to respond adequately to their 15-day ultimatum issued on July 14.

The strike, which affected public health institutions nationwide, was meant to last till August 5, 2025.