Akase, Tiav ThomasUmaru, Jacob YakubuAmende, Charles A.Akwashiki, Vincent S.2023-12-102023-12-102021-07-05Akase, T.T. ( 2021) THE ISSUES OF LANGUAGE IN GOVERNANCE IN A MULTILINGUAL SOCIETYhttps://keffi.nsuk.edu.ng/handle/20.500.14448/37Language is very vital to human society, that there is hardly any situation or human function where language is not required. It also means that for any idea to be transformed into good governance, it must be sufficiently couched in human language. This means that the ideas, knowledge, skills, attitude and experiences required for governance must be communicated to people through language. All the interventions and achievements ever recorded in human existence have their roots in language. This explains that no governance can take place without language. Language therefore, plays a role in the development of a nation. It also contributes to individual and societal development. This adopts descriptive approach to discuss the issues of language in governance in Africa with a particular reference to Nigeria. Personal observations have been used in the collection of data for this work. As members of Nigerian society, the researchers have been much familiar with the issues of language in governance as chosen for discussion. Some amount of information was obtained from textbooks and journal publications for clearer understanding of the subject matter. The data collected is systematically described considering the facts and features involved. The research study shows that language policy, language choice and acceptability are the major issues of language in governance in a multilingual society like Nigeria in particular and Africa at large. The study also shows incidences of disunity, low productivity, conflict, fake hate speech and underdevelopment are some of the effects of issues of language in governance in Nigeria. The work finally proffer solution to some of the language issues in governance in NigeriaenLanguage, Governance, Language issues, Multilingual society.Article