The Academic Staff Union of Universities has actually warned the Federal government versus propositions to get rid of academic programmes deemed “irrelevant” from Nigerian universities, firmly insisting that every discipline plays a vital role in nationwide and personal development.
The caution was released by the Bauchi Zone of the union during a press rundown kept in Bauchi on Wednesday, where it also raised issues over matters impacting stability within the country’s university system.
Addressing reporters, the Zonal Organizer of ASUU Bauchi Zone, Comrade Namo Timothy, criticised the federal government’s recent position on discontinuing some university courses, explaining the proposition as troubling.
The Federal government had, throughout the “Restored Hope Conversation” accepted trainees of the University of Abuja on April 26, 2026, divulged strategies to slowly remove programmes thought about incompatible with Nigeria’s future financial instructions.
Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa, had specified that courses perceived to provide restricted practical value would no longer control the university landscape, stressing the government’s dedication to aligning higher education with labour market realities, development, research study, and international requirements.
Responding to the minister’s remarks, ASUU preserved that no scholastic discipline could be dismissed as unimportant, arguing that all university courses contribute meaningfully to society and economic improvement.
Timothy turned down claims linking graduate joblessness primarily to the proliferation of social sciences and humanities programmes.
According to him, proficiencies extensively regarded as necessary for the contemporary economy, consisting of creativity, critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and digital literacy, are often nurtured through disciplines often underestimated, such as philosophy, religious studies, linguistics, and fine arts.
He argued that attributing increasing unemployment and youth discontent exclusively to graduates from social sciences and liberal arts oversimplifies Nigeria’s more comprehensive economic challenges.
The union firmly insisted that joblessness in the nation crosses graduates from multiple academic backgrounds and need to not be decreased to the choice of university course.
ASUU even more stated its readiness to oppose any relocation aimed at discontinuing academic programmes in Nigerian tertiary organizations.
The union stated it would work together with like-minded organisations to resist attempts to abolish courses within the university system.
Beyond the dispute over scholastic programmes, ASUU revealed dissatisfaction with what it described as the flawed implementation of the December 2025 contract in between the union and the Federal government by both federal and state authorities.
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The union noted a number of unresolved issues, including the impressive three-and-a-half months withheld salaries, unpaid promo arrears, income disparities connected to the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System, pending third-party reductions, and outstanding payments associating with the 23/35 per cent wage award.
ASUU alerted that growing frustration among university lecturers might lead to restored industrial disagreements if the pending matters stay unsettled.
The union contacted pertinent stakeholders, members of the general public, and the media to advise both federal and state governments to honour the 2025 agreement totally and attend to all lingering issues to protect stability in Nigeria’s university sector.