The advent of information and communication technology (ICT), and electronic publishing has opened new avenues for scholars to communicate and disseminate their findings to one another. The objective is to ensure that its benefits reach a majority of the society. The development of Internet technology has also provided academic and research institutions with a very high level of visibility on the web. As a result, teaching, learning and research is widely improved in the global society today. Open access institutional repository has become one of the information and communication technology avenues through which academic and research communities make their research results and findings available to their peers. This paper is a desk study that examines the state of Institutional Digital Repository in Nigeria. General benefits provided by Institutional Digital Repository are given, and also identify Institutional Digital Repository as an option and panacea for Scholarly Communication. Impediments such as insufficient finance, inadequate manpower, lack of power are among the several problems that are brought to the fore of this discussion. Recommendations are also made to address the identified impediments.