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The Journal of Public Administration Kaduna State University (JOPAKASU) is a double-blind peer-reviewed, open-access journal published twice a year, in June and December, by the Department of Public Administration, Faculty of Management Sciences, Kaduna State University.
JOPAKASU exists as an avenue for the cross-fertilisation of ideas — to add to knowledge and to generate solutions to the many challenges facing Nigeria's, and Africa's, quest for development. Its objective is to provide an open platform for the dissemination of research output, and articles are welcomed from academics, professionals and practitioners in public administration and in neighbouring fields.
What the journal prints reflects that: the administration of local government, public financial management and tax reform, the delivery of health, water and education services, the effects of insecurity and displacement on rural communities, and the leadership and human resource questions that run through all of them.
Everything JOPAKASU publishes is free to read, download and share from the day it appears. There is no subscription, no paywall and no embargo period. Publication is funded by author charges, set out in full under Fees and Charges in the Author Guidelines.
The subject areas we cover, and the manuscripts that fall outside our remit, are on the Aims & Scope page. Submissions are made through this website; the Author Guidelines carry manuscript preparation, how review works, fees, ethics and copyright. Published work is in the Archives.
The views expressed in published articles are those of their authors. Authors are individually responsible for the content of their articles.
Agricultural subsidy policies play a central role in strengthening food security in developing countries, particularly where smallholder farmers dominate production systems. In Northern Nigeria, several subsidy programmes such as the Growth Enhancement Support Scheme (GESS) and the Anchor Borrowers’...
This paper attempt to examine The Implications of Security Challenges in North-Western Nigeria: A Prognosis from Armed Banditry that has devastated effects on Nigerian corporate existence. Therefore, arms proliferation has significantly deteriorated the situations. Consequently, hundreds villages de...
Sustainability means meeting the needs of the present generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs, while balancing social well-being, economic growth, and environmental protection. Based on the extant literature, the role of leadership and good governanc...
One of the greatest challenges facing the Nigerian economy today is poverty. This pervasive social and economic problem has prompted past governments to introduce the N-Power programme to alleviate poverty across Nigeria, including in Niger State. The study examines the challenges in the implementat...
This study assesses the impact of tax administration reform implemented under the State Governance Reform and Capacity Building Project (SGR&CBP) on public sector performance in Kaduna State, Nigeria, from 2014 to 2023. The study adopts an explanatory sequential mixedmethods research design, integra...
Rural infrastructure development remains a critical driver of socio-economic transformation in Nigeria; however, rural communities continue to experience severe infrastructural deficits despite the existence of numerous development policies and programmes. This study examined government implementati...
The study examines the nexus between foreign direct investment, foreign aid, remittances and economic growth in Nigeria covering the period 1980-2024. An autoregressive distributive lag (ARDL) model was employed to estimate the model. The findings revealed a positive and significant impact of offici...
The Nigerian Nuclear Regulatory Authority (NNRA) was established by the Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection Act 1995 with the overall responsibility for nuclear safety and radiological protection regulation in the country. It regulates the possession and application of radioactive substances and...
This study examined the effect of climate-conflict displacement on food security among Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Jibia Local Government Area of Katsina State, Nigeria. The area has experienced recurrent farmer-herder conflicts and climate-related shocks such as flooding and drought, whi...
Revenue generation is fundamental to the ability of governments to deliver public goods and services, and taxation remains the principal source of internally generated funds at the state level. However, the extent to which tax revenues translate into sustainable fiscal outcomes depends largely on ac...
Editor In Chief
Department of Public Administration, Kaduna State University
Nigeria
Managing Editor
Department of Public Administration, Kaduna State University
Nigeria
Editorial Board
Faculty of Administration, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria
Nigeria
Editorial Board
Faculty of Management Sciences, Kaduna State University
Nigeria
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