The National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) has suspended its seven-day warning strike, four days after it began. NANNM National President, Haruna Mamman, made the announcement during a press briefing in Abuja on Saturday, stating that the decision followed an emergency virtual meeting of the association’s National Executive Council. During the meeting, members reviewed the memorandum of understanding signed with the Federal Government. Mamman noted that the government has now committed to a time-bound implementation of all nine critical demands tabled by the union. The suspension comes a day after the association’s leadership met with a Federal Government team led by the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Muhammad Pate. Following the meeting, Pate confirmed that the nurses and midwives had agreed to end the strike. Earlier, nurses and midwives under the union had embarked on a warning strike beginning July 29, 2025, in protest of the government's failure to respond to a 15-day ultimatum issued on July 14. On Thursday, the National Chairman of NANNM’s Federal Health Institutions Sector, Morakinyo-Olajide Rilwan, outlined the union’s demands, including the official gazetting of the scheme of service for nurses, improved allowances, introduction of specialty allowances, recruitment of additional nurses, better remuneration, and the creation of a dedicated department for nursing within the Federal Ministry of Health. Amid the industrial action, Labour Minister Muhammadu Dingyadi had appealed for restraint, urging the association to consider other dispute resolution mechanisms, stating that strikes were not the best approach. The strike significantly disrupted services at public health institutions nationwide, leaving many patients stranded and paralyzing operations at government-owned hospitals.