Effect of COVID-19 Guidelines, Restrictions and Religious Institution Activities on Corporate Social Responsibility

COVID-19 caught the globe unaware and the abnormal ways of life become normal while the normal becomes abnormal. Majority of organizations and institution where more than 5 people gather become a threat to the community due to fear of COVID-19 spread. The national government was advising that any gathering were more than household numbers gathers should be shutdown to avoid the spread of the pandemic and COVID-19 bill was passed in order to legalise directives and punish offenders. In the period, some Pentecostal churches were reported to have flouted the COVID-19 protocol rules in the period. This paper was drawn to examine the positive or negative effects of COVID-19 guidelines compliance in by religious organizations in Akinyele Local Government Area of Ibadan and its effect on the transmission or restriction of the spread of COVID-19 in other Local Government Areas of Ibadan metropolis, especially the Ibadan North LGA. Akinyele Local Government Area was considered purposefully because it is a suburb of Ibadan with many towns and villages. People used to migrate from Akinyele in large population to Ibadan metropolis from Monday to Friday. Situated on corporate social responsibility theory, the study underpins that corporations are saddled with economic, legal, ethical and philanthropic obligations to the community. The study adopts a qualitative research approach to investigate the operations of religious organizations during the pandemic lockdown.