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This study examined the level of governance in Gombe local government, Nigeria. The study was guided by the following research objectives: to determine the Demographic profile of therespondents and to examine the level of governance in Gombe local government. This study adopted mixed approaches, combining qualitative and quantitative approaches and using descriptive survey for data collection. Data was collected using researcher‘s devisedquestionnaires. Frequency and percentage distributions were used to analyzerespondents‘profile. Means was used for the level of Governance in Gombe local governmentin Nigeria. Findings revealed that the level of governance in Gombe local government in Nigeria had an average mean of 2.20 and was interpreted as fair. The researcher concluded that role of government in community development is to simply work closely with other players in the community development system and working closely can improve speed and smoothness in administrative and regulatory tasks, probably at limited cost