ABSTRACT
Computer and Internet-Based Communication Technologies aka Cybernetic Communication play important role
in communication over a distance. This work gauged uses of cybernetic communication as major means of
communication during COVID-19 outbreak based on measured (Social Distance, Self-Quarantine, Isolation,
Lockdown) put in place by the government to curtail spreading of the disease in Nigeria. Data were randomly
collected through online publication, newsprints, and telephone calls from 290 sampled population. Data
Collected were discussed and analyses using Pie chart, Percentile, and Histogram as statistical tools. Findings
shows that Cybernetic communication play major role to bridge the communication gaps between the Nigerian
people during the outbreak of the Covid-19 outbreak as majority of Nigerians spent more hours using cybernetic
tools to communicate and more money was spent on airtime and data to keep their mobile phone running during
the trying period of COVID-19 rash. Majority of the sampled population spent their useful time on social medial
as in Facebook, whattsapp, Instagram, YouTube and for social interactions and meetings. The implications of our
findings are: majority of Nigeria may have computer linked diseases or syndrome such Sleeping Problems and
others due to prolong uses of computers; the cybernetic tools (mobile phones, computer, laptop etc.) used by the
infected people may be a carrier of the symptoms in the nearest future; Nigerians spent more on data and airtime
credit in this trying period and it may affect their financial economy later. This work ends with proposal for roles
to be played by Nigeria government and other stakeholders in cybernetic sustained communication processes for
pandemic response and to prevent future outbreak of covid-19 after overcoming recent happenings, and also
recommended organization strategy for workforce continuity and recovery.
Keywords: -COVID-19, Cybernetic Communication, Digital Communication, Nigeria, E-readiness,
Social Distancing, Self-Quarantine, and Isolation, Virtual Office Work.