The National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives, NANNM, has suspended the strike it declared on July 29, 2025.
NewsBits reports that the strike crippled activities at government hospitals nationwide, leaving several patients stranded. On Friday, the Minister of Health, Ali Pate, met with the leadership of the striking nurses.
Rising from the meeting, Pate said the decision to suspend the strike followed agreements reached with the leadership of the nursing association. However, the leaders of the union declined to speak on the matter after the closed-door meeting on Friday afternoon.
Nurses and midwives under the association had begun a warning strike, following what the union described as the government’s failure to respond meaningfully to its 15-day ultimatum issued on July 14, 2025.
The warning strike involving nurses in public health institutions across the country was expected to continue till August 5, 2025.
