TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
1.1 STATEMENT
OF THE FACTORS
1.2 OBJECTIVES
OF THE STUDY
1.3 SIGNIFICANCE
OF THE STUDY
1.4 RESEARCH
QUESTION
1.5 SCOPE
OF STUDY
1.6 LIMITATION
OF THE STUDY
CHAPTER TWO
2.0 REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
2.1 BRIEF HISTORY COOPERATIVES
2.2 DEFINITIONS OF COOPERATIVES
2.3 HISTORY OF COOPERATIVE IN OWERRI L.G.A, IMO
STATE
2.4 HISTORY OF COOPERATIVE IN NIGERIA
2.5 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF COOPERATIVE IN
IMO STATE
2.6 THE FACTORS THAT CAN INFL UENCE THE
ESTABLISHMENT OF COOPERATIVES IN IMO STATE
2.7 PROBLEMS OF COOPERATIVE ESTABLISHMENT IN
THE AREA OF STUDY
2.8 ACHIEVEMENTS OF COOPERATIVE IN OWERRI
L.G.A, IMO STATE
CHAPTER THREE
3.0 RESEARCH
DESIGN AND METHODOLOGY
3.1 RESEARCH
DESIGN
3.2 POPULATION
OF STUDY
3.3 SAMPLE
AND SAMPLING PROCEDURE
3.4 INSTRUMENT
FOR DATA COLLECTION
3.5 VALIDATION
OF THE RESEARCH INSTRUMENT
3.6 METHOD
OF DATA ANALYSIS
CHAPTER FOUR
4.0 DATA
PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS.
4.4 DICUSSION OF FINDINGS
CHAPTER FIVE
CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION
5.2 CONCLUSION
5.3 RECOMMENDATION
APPENDIX
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
In the early centuries cooperative
societies have been in existence This is to say that they started even before
the creation of the Earth. There was cooperation between the holy spirits or
trimly ( that is God the father God the son and God the holy spirit) which led
to the achievement of the creation of the world. This was as a result of
certain factors.
In
addition at the time of the stone age men and the wonders there was need for
cooperation. This occurred at the agricultural sector through it was limited
within families. After some time things begins to improved and it came a time
when there was communal farming system. This occurred because of certain
factors and because there is need for it.
Further
more countries began to relate in businesses exchanging goods and services from
one country to another or from one state to among countries. Certain factors
gave rise to that because there is need for it. That is to say that nothing
achieving can come into existence without needs for it or without needs for it
or without certain factors which must have led to it indeed these factors
leading to cooperation among people states. Countries and the world at large
are not for fetch but are those desires that needs to be satisfied or measured.
These factors as put under this introductory section can be either positive or
negative.
1.1 STATEMENT OF THE FACTORS
As
indicated earlier the factors that can influence the establishment of
cooperatives can either be positive or negative. These factors as well differs from
state to state country to country etc. But the most important is the type of
cooperative or its members involved in its operations.
In
recent times a lot of persons and scholars have tried to talk on the factors
that can influence the establishment of cooperates. This is because slot of
people and to their own understanding has failed to understand what these
factors are .rather they often mistake it for motives. So to say these worlds
are two different things altogether. At the later side of this project the
difference between factors and motives well be talked on.
However
in Owerri L.G.A Imo state there are a lot of factors that can influence
cooperative establishment. According to Mr L.M. Ejwnye (principal register of
cooperatives Imo state) he said that the factors that influence cooperative
establishment in Owerri L.G.A Imo state .
In
essence this factors are those things needs or desires or even set back that
has led to identifications of needs there by organizing together for the
purpose of establishment.
Despite
these factors that has led to the establishment of cooperatives a lot of these
cooperative society still fails and closes up and this occurs as a result of
certain factors as well.
1.2 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
This
academic exercise is meant to appraise the feasibility of the factors that can
influence the establishment of cooperatives and the socio-economic standard of
cooperatives member and its society at large in Owerri L.G.A Imo state. These
factors are as follow;
a.
To know how these factors has helped cooperatives its members and generally the
public at large.
b.
To know how these factors have led to the establishment of cooperatives in
Owerri L.G.A.
c.
To know the number of cooperatives that has failed in Owerri L.G.A.
d.
To ascertain the number of cooperatives that are still in existence in Owerri
L.G.A Imo state.
e.
To ascertain the achievement of cooperatives in the economy of Owerri L.G.A,
Imo state.
f.
To bring foreword how much cooperatives has helped to reduce unemployment in
Owerri L.G.A, Imo state
g.
To find on the problems militating against the establishment of cooperatives in
Owerri L.G.A, Imo state.
1.3 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
Cooperatives
have done a lot in the development of many countries or nations. In countries
like Krael, Denmark, Sweden, India, Britain etc. cooperatives has played vital
role in sectors like manufacturing distributions and even consummation.
At
the end of this research many people will find out the importance of
cooperatives to human existence. This involves the above mentioned;
a.
The government both the federal state and local government.
b.
The society in general
c.
The cooperative section and
d.
The general academics
1.4 RESEARCH QUESTION
a.
What are the factors that can influence the establishment of cooperatives in
Imo state ?
b.
In what ways can these factors really influence the establishment of
cooperatives in Imo state?
c.
Are these f actors negative or positive
d.
What are those negative factors that can influence the establishment of
cooperative in Imo state?
e.
As a result of these factors, how many cooperatives are viable in Imo state
f.
What are the likely causes that has led to their failure?
1.5 SCOPE OF STUDY
The
study covers the extent of those factors that can influence the establishment
of cooperative society in Imo state . It went further discussing the importance
or objectives of the cooperatives in Imo state. Also the factors that led leads
to their failure.
Further
more the study covers an extent of cooperative that are viable and non viable
societies in Imo state.
1.6 LIMITATION OF THE STUDY
A
lot of circumstances dismounted the extent of this research. One of the major
circumstance is time which restricted the researchers from collecting and
gathering materials from cooperative department (or in Road secretariat) Imo
state. There was no time to collect other questionnaires sent out.
Secondly
finance was another constraint that restricted movement from various
cooperative offices.
Thirdly
protocols in getting the right source to feed the researcher with useful
information and details. I was striated from one area office to the other and
from one zonal office to another and finally to the head quarters of
cooperative department.
Finally
my school programmes was another major constraint that compelled my movement to
be timely and limited.
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