APPRAISAL OF RADIO JOURNALISTS' PERCEPTION AND PROMOTION OF GOOD GOVERNANCE IN DELTA STATE, NIGERIA

The paper titled, Appraisal of Radio Journalists’ Perception and Promotion of Good Governance in Delta State, Nigeria assessed the perception of radio journalists on good governance and how they use their radio station to promote it. Social Responsibility serves the theoretical foothold. This study employs the pragmatic approach of research design, which informs the choice of survey and interview methods. Using homogenous snowball and purposive sampling techniques, a total of 40 radio journalists and fifteen radio stations domiciled in the State were studied. Findings revealed that many of the journalists do not understand what good governance truly means and the various ways the radio can be used to promote it. It also revealed that most of journalists think the average Nigerians already know what good governance is and entails. The study concludes that since the radio is a powerful political tool especially at the grass roots, the ignorance of radio journalists of the power of the radio in the education and mobilization of the populace for active participation in politics and to make political leaders accountable to the people has huge implication for democracy and media practice in the nation. Thus, to perform their societal responsibility well, radio journalists should have ample knowledge of what good governance truly means because you cannot give what you do