Announcement

THE STUDENT UNION, UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN, ILORIN, KWARA STATE

CALL FOR PAPERS

8th Edition of the Leadership Summit and Journal Publication

The Editorial Board of The Erudite: (Journal of Leadership and Development), a publication of the Students' Union, University of Ilorin hereby invites the submission of original papers from academics, public analysts, students and informed members of the University community and the general public towards the publication of the 8th Edition of the journal.

The previous editions to delight, have received several applauds upon their international standards in terms of quality of content, production, and the scholastic contributions made to education, leadership and development all over the world.

Concurrently, the leadership of the Students' Union of the Better by Far University, therefore, solicits for your scholastic contributions to this edition of her journal.

GUIDELINES

Above all, priority will be given to papers which cater for Nigerian content and also meet up with international standards. Likewise, submission will only be accepted, if it adheres to the following:

The THEME of the journal “YOUTH INCLUSION IN NIGERIA LEADERSHIP: AN UNPRIVILEGED OR A NEGLECTED SPECIE"

Although, all papers are expected to have a nexus with the theme, but articles on all areas of human endeavor are welcomed.

- All papers must bear the name(s) and institutional affiliation(s) of the author(s).

- In addition, it must be segmented into abstract, keywords (typed under the abstract), main content of the paper, reference and author(s) biography.

- The word count for an abstract should be between 150 and 250 words. Also, the word count for the body of a paper should be between 1500 and 3000 words (6-12 pages of A4 size paper) excluding the footnote and reference.

- All papers must be submitted as email attachments in MS WORD 2016 or earlier versions. No submission in hard copy or PDF would be accepted.

- All papers must be formatted to Times New Roman, font size 12, double line spacing (2.0 line spacing) justified and page numbered.

- All direct quotations in block format must be put to font size 10 and italicized while other quotations should be in font size 12 and italicized.

- Any contentious assertion, statement of facts or statistics must be fully referenced in footnotes.

- All cited works, whether quoted or paraphrased, must be duly acknowledged in footnotes, submitted papers would be scanned in CopyScape and any form of plagiarism, if detected, would result to instant disqualification of the paper.

- A listing of all the material consulted must be provided at the end of the paper in the reference section.

- All references, citations and acknowledgements must be given in the APA (version 6) referencing style. Kindly consult www.apastyle.org for quick tutorial on APA style if necessary.

- All papers must be publishable with little or no correction. Submission will be judged blindly on correctness, originality, technical strength, logical presentation and organization of points and relevance to the theme of the journal.

- All papers must be received no later than 11:59 pm on Friday, January 7th, 2022. No extension will be granted.

N:B: The editorial board reserves the right to accept or reject any submitted paper depending on its suitability for publication in the journal.

ALL SUBMISSIONS AND ENQUIRIES SHOULD DIRECTED TO:

- The Students' Union Public Relations Officer, Comrade Olabode Stephen via: [email protected]