International Journal of Academic Multidisciplinary Research (IJAMR)   Year: 2021 | Volume: 5 | Issue: 5 | Page No.: 206-222 The Media Constitutional Mandate And Good Governance In Nigeria: An Analytical Perspective Ogbe, Henry Ejotubu Ph.D, & Oyibokure, Goodluck Irorohwo Abstract: Nigeria state returned from military rule to democratic rule in 1999 so as to enthrone good governance. The paper examined the media constitutional mandate in engendering good governance in Nigeria. Observation and secondary sources of data were adopted in the paper. Secondary data were generated from textbooks, Journals, visual media and internet. The aforesaid method was supplemented with primary method of data generation, through which data/information were obtained from observation. Development media theory and deontological theory were adopted in the paper. The paper identified section 22 of the Nigeria 1999 constitution as amended as the mandate for Nigerian media to engender good governance in Nigeria. The paper revealed that the Nigerian media provide fora for discourse that encourage and promote characteristic of good governance through which it engenders good governance in Nigeria. The paper identified among others complex nature of Nigeria state and poor remuneration of Journalists, and corruption therein as obstacles to the smooth operations of the media in their concerted efforts in engendering good governance in Nigeria. The paper then recommends among others strict adherence to media code of ethics and remuneration of Journalists handsomely as panacea to the hindrance to excellence operations of Nigerian media in engendering good governance in Nigeria.