Next Publication of IJOGDES : Year: 2026; Volume: 13; Issue: No. 1; January - June

Contributions are invited from all over the world to submit their manuscripts to the ongoing
Volume 12, No. 2 of the journal. Scholars and practitioners working on issues around government
and development in Nigeria and other African countries, in particular, are welcome to submit their
research works. The average length suggested is 5,500 to 6,000 words. Articles should therefore
not exceed 22 double-line-spaced pages on A4 paper, with wide margins on both sides, and
bibliography presented in APA format, 7th edition.
Articles will be peer reviewed; authors are expected to review their articles per the
reviewers' observations as communicated by the secretariat/Editor in Chief. The corrected
and final versions of the articles in MS Word should be sent to ijogdes@gmail.com. Each article
should contain a short abstract not exceeding 250 words and five keywords. Authors are kindly
advised to strictly make use of the APA 7th edition referencing style.
All articles must bear the names of the author(s), institutional affiliation, and e-mail addresses on
a separate sheet. Our plagiarism policy requires that the manuscript submitted must be original, and it has not been submitted or published elsewhere. All manuscripts submitted shall be subjected to a plagiarism test.

All correspondence should be addressed to:

The Editor-in-Chief,
International Journal of Governance and Development (IJOGDES)
Department of Local Government and Development Studies,
Faculty of Administration,
Obafemi Awolowo University,
Email: ijogdes@gmail.com