Al-Hikmah University Journal

Lecturers are the veritable engine rooms in the attainment of educational goals of the universities. This paper examines challenges and prospects of lecturers’ job commitment in Nigerian universities. It covers tertiary institutions in Nigeria, concept of lecturers’ job commitment, factors affecting lecturers’ job commitment in university, and theoretical framework. It was observed that lecturers in Nigerian universities were not highly motivated by Nigerian government towards improving the level of job commitment of lecturers. It was, therefore, suggested among others, that Nigerian universities should elicit and maintain high level of commitment from the lecturers, it is important that the university managers and policy makers, government, and other stakeholders take into cognisance all decisions on job context as it affects job commitment of lecturers.