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MESSAGE TO AUTHORS

Dear Esteemed Authors,

The Editorial Board of the Al-Hikmah Journal of Politics and Public Administration (AHJPPA) warmly appreciates your interest in contributing to our journal. Your scholarly works and intellectual contributions are essential to the advancement of knowledge, policy development, and academic excellence in the fields of political science, public administration, governance, international relations, development studies, and related disciplines.

AHJPPA is committed to maintaining a rigorous peer-review process and high ethical standards in academic publishing. We therefore encourage authors to submit original, well-researched, analytical, and policy-relevant manuscripts that contribute meaningfully to contemporary scholarly debates and practical governance challenges at national and global levels.

Authors are advised to ensure that submitted manuscripts conform strictly to the journal’s submission guidelines, formatting requirements, citation style, and ethical standards. Manuscripts should demonstrate clarity of purpose, sound methodology, scholarly depth, originality, and relevance to current issues in politics, administration, and public policy.

The journal operates a double-blind peer review system aimed at ensuring fairness, objectivity, quality assurance, and academic integrity. Authors are therefore encouraged to respond constructively and promptly to reviewers’ observations and editorial recommendations in order to enhance the quality of their manuscripts.

We strongly uphold ethical publishing practices and expect all contributors to avoid plagiarism, data falsification, multiple submissions, and all forms of academic misconduct. Authors remain fully responsible for the originality, accuracy, and authenticity of their work.

AHJPPA values multidisciplinary perspectives and welcomes contributions from scholars, researchers, practitioners, and policy experts from Nigeria and across the international academic community. Through collaborative scholarship and critical inquiry, we believe meaningful solutions can be developed for emerging governance and administrative challenges.

Interested in submitting to this journal? We recommend that you review the About the Journal page for the journal's section policies, as well as the Author Guidelines. Authors need to register with the journal prior to submitting or, if already registered, can simply log in and begin the five-step process.

We thank you for choosing AHJPPA as a platform for disseminating your research and contributing to global academic conversations.

Editorial Board
Al-Hikmah Journal of Politics and Public Administration (AHJPPA)
Department of Political Science and Public Administration
Al-Hikmah University, Ilorin, Nigeria