The Academic Personnel Union of Universities has warned the Federal Government versus propositions to remove academic programmes considered “irrelevant” from Nigerian universities, firmly insisting that every discipline plays a vital function in nationwide and personal advancement.
The caution was provided by the Bauchi Zone of the union throughout a press rundown kept in Bauchi on Wednesday, where it also raised issues over matters affecting stability within the country’s university system.
Addressing journalists, the Zonal Planner of ASUU Bauchi Zone, Associate Namo Timothy, criticised the government’s current position on discontinuing some university courses, explaining the proposition as uncomfortable.
The Federal government had, throughout the “Restored Hope Discussion” accepted trainees of the University of Abuja on April 26, 2026, revealed strategies to slowly eliminate programs thought about incompatible with Nigeria’s future economic instructions.
Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa, had actually mentioned that courses viewed to use restricted practical worth would no longer dominate the university landscape, worrying the federal government’s dedication to aligning higher education with labour market realities, innovation, research, and worldwide requirements.
Responding to the minister’s remarks, ASUU preserved that no academic discipline could be dismissed as unimportant, arguing that all university courses contribute meaningfully to society and financial advancement.
Timothy declined claims connecting graduate unemployment mainly to the proliferation of social sciences and liberal arts programmes.
According to him, competencies extensively considered vital for the contemporary economy, including imagination, vital reasoning, communication, collaboration, and digital literacy, are typically supported through disciplines frequently undervalued, such as approach, religious studies, linguistics, and fine arts.
He argued that attributing rising unemployment and youth discontent solely to graduates from social sciences and liberal arts oversimplifies Nigeria’s more comprehensive economic difficulties.
The union insisted that joblessness in the country cuts across graduates from numerous academic backgrounds and must not be reduced to the option of university course.
ASUU further declared its readiness to oppose any relocation aimed at terminating scholastic programmes in Nigerian tertiary institutions.
The union stated it would work together with similar organisations to resist attempts to eliminate courses within the university system.
Beyond the argument over academic programs, ASUU revealed frustration with what it referred to as the problematic implementation of the December 2025 arrangement between the union and the Federal government by both federal and state authorities.
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The union listed numerous unresolved concerns, consisting of the impressive three-and-a-half months kept salaries, unsettled promotion defaults, wage disparities connected to the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System, pending third-party deductions, and exceptional payments associating with the 23/35 percent wage award.
ASUU warned that growing frustration among university lecturers might cause renewed industrial disagreements if the pending matters remain unsettled.
The union gotten in touch with pertinent stakeholders, members of the general public, and the media to advise both federal and state governments to honour the 2025 contract fully and attend to all lingering concerns to safeguard stability in Nigeria’s university sector.