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COOPERATIVES
AS AGENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (2008-2012)
(A
CASE STUDY OF ENUGU EAST LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, ENUGU STATE)
ABSTRACT
Co-operative societies was established
to help rural dwellers who are less privileged, who don’t have enough capital
to carry out their business enterprise. In what ways have co-operative
societies helped in the development of rural areas. It was
the aim of this research work to find out if co-operative societies have any
impact in the development of the rural areas, the changes created so far and
the suggestions as well. This research work has five chapters. Chapter
one contains a general discussion of the origin of the word co-operative as a
result of the problems caused by the capitalists. It went further to state the
problems to be studied and why this study was carried out, the research
questions and what will be the benefits of it later, the scope and limitations
of the study and finally, the definition of terms. A member of past-related
literature examined by other studies, as it relates to the co-operative
societies and rural development are highlighted in chapter two. Chapter three
deals with the methodology for the study, population of the study, development
of research materials, research procedure and treatment of data. In chapter
four, the data got from the research surveyed were analysed and interpreted.
Also similar questions on both questionnaires were compared.
Finally, the summary of findings on the research and recommendations made the
conclusion by the researcher are all in chapter five.
If co-operative societies and rural people would
put the recommendations made in the study to use, there would only be increased
and improved in their standard of their living but will also ensure continous
growth and development in the area.
TABLE OF CONTENT
Chapter One
Introduction
1.0
Background of the
study
1.1 Statement of the
Problem
1.2 Objective of the
study
1.3 Significance of
the
Study
1.5 Research Question
1.6 Scope of the
Study
1.7 Limitations of
the study
1.8 Definition of
Terms
Chapter Two
2.0
Review of Related
Literature
Chapter Three
3.0 Research Design
and Methodology
3.1 Area of
Study
3.2 Population of the
study
3.3 Determination of
Sample
Size
3.4 Sample
Size
3.5 Sample Techniques
3.6 Sources of Data
3.7 Research
Procedure
3.8 Treatment of
Data
Chapter Four
4.1 Presentation,
Analysis and Interpretation of Data
Chapter Five
5.0
Summary of Findings, Recommendation and Conclusion
5.1 Summary of
Findings
5.2
Recommendations
5.3
Conclusions
References
Questionnaire
CHAPTER ONE
1.0
INTRODUCTION
In
most developing countries, cooperative societies constitute the most important
aspects of rural development. It was proposed as a result of the evils of the
industrial revolution as of (1750 – 1850. It was when the factory owners (the
capitalists) exploited workers bitterly in order to maximize profit. During that
period unemployment was rife and were extremely low. There
was child labour, shop keepers on their own part sold adulterated goods. The
workers lived in crowded shanties in unsanitary conditions. The worked for more
than twelve hours in ill ventilated factory buildings that looked like a prison
yard
These anti-social
effect of the life industrial revolutions resulted in wide spread of poverty
and sufferings while others died of malnutrition, disease and starvation. Life
was so hard that the decade became known as “hungry forties” it was because of
all these problems that great men (workers) started fighting for social reform
they retailiated with violence and strikes they condemned the evils of
capitalist.
It was then that the apostles of Robert owen (the Owenties) Dr Willian king,
JohnLyod Charles Hawarth, Willaim owenite. Willaim Pare looked for the better
way to solve their problems and later proposed the word co-operatives as a
solution to wipe out those evils. The gospel spread all over the countries of
the world throughout cooperatives movement.
When they have succeeded in 1750 through the help of Rochadale pioneers of
1844, they carried on the gospel of cooperative. The rochdale pioneers include.
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Charles fourier
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Charles Donwin
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Louise Blank
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Phillipe scotta
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Philipe Buchez
1.1
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Cooperatives societies have spread all over the countries of Africa, more
especially in Nigeria it was because of its vital roles towards the development
of rural areas that led to its proposal after the F.C strick land report.
Cooperative society help to reduce the sufferings of the less privileged ones
living in the problem of poverty, unemployment and poor standard of living among
rural dwellers need a self help organization were they will pool their little
resources together to help themselves this will stop total dependence in
government assistance by means of forming a cooperative society that is
collective action they will be able to solve their individual problems.
Cooperative is an association of people who comes together to solve their
problems through mutual action. It raises its head in metropolitan as well as
in cosmetropolitan environment. It was the uniqueness of cooperation and its
flexibility permits it to be practiced among farmers, fishersmen, artisans and
woman.
Cooperative societies do not discriminate either in sex, religion or race, it
is for all both producers and consumers, men and women the rich and the poor
the educated and the illiterates engaged in cooperatives activities.
Cooperatives societies has reached to various local government areas and was
headed by divisional cooperative officers to promote cooperative in the area of
the research was carried on to find out the development of Enugu east (ENUGU
EAST) Local government area.
1.2
STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
The research problem
is
Cooperative as agent of rural development. The development of rural areas
cannot be achieved as was expected by rural dwellers. This is because people
were much dependent in government to provide all their needs which they cannot
be able to solve completely because of voluminous works and other needs they
have to attain. Hence government encourages people to form organization in
which they should come together to solve their problems.
Cooperatives society is one of the major organization where people mostly in
rural areas emerged together to achieve their set objectives the problem is to
access how important cooperative societies it to the rural development.
1.3
OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
This
research has the major objective of finding out the importance of cooperative
society to rural development in Enugu East.
Specific objectives
include:
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Identify the help of cooperative society in motivation of rural people to form
or join a cooperative society.
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To know how they have helped in the provision of infrastructure facilities.
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To access their help so far in educating the rural people.
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To know how they have helped in providing the farmers with storage facilities.
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To know whether they organized any market for the farmers.
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To know how they have helped to solve unemployment problems in Enugu East local
government area.
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To know how they have helped them to raise their income.
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To know also how they have helped the farmers to receive government assistance.
1.4
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
There is the need for the development of rural areas through cooperative
societies. This study will show the importance of cooperative societies to the
rural development in Enugu East local government area as a basis for offering
uniformed suggestions for improvement in the rural development.
It is believed that the findings, suggestions and recommendations of this study
will be benefits to increase the importance of cooperative societies to rural
development.
Specifically this
study will go a long way to developing rural areas this also may result to the
improvement in the development of people as well as increasing their standard
of living.
The individual people would be well educated which will encourage in the
establishment of cooperative business enterprise to enhance development. The
provision of basic infrastructure facilities will be affordable and both
cooperative societies and government would be involved in financing
agricultural activities. The availability
of processing industries and storage facilities would be provided which will
reduce the wastage of goods.
Finally, the outcome of this study will be very useful to the development of
Enugu East local government entirely.
1.5
RESEARCH QUESTIONS
·
How far have cooperative societies helped in the provision of
infrastructural facilities in Enugu East?
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Do cooperative society help in educating of the rural dwellers?
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Do cooperatives help in eliminating the middlemen and the extortioners?
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Do cooperative society organizes market for them?
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Whether cooperative society solve unemployment problem in the area?
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Do cooperative society helps them to receive government grants and subsidy?
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Do cooperative provide storage facilities for them?
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Do cooperative society encourage them to join cooperative societies
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Do cooperative help them to raise their income
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Whether cooperative societies increase their standard of living?
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Do cooperative help them in provision of transport facilities.
1.6
SCOPE OF THE STUDY
The
scope of this study is focused on cooperatives as agent of rural development in
Enugu East local government area. It means that this research could not be
carried out in all the rural areas in Nigeria, the study is limited based on
the fact that there is no time and material resources to see to the whole
nation.
The findings may not be valid to the whole cooperatives societies and rural
development but believed that what happened to Enugu East may be applied in
other rural areas.
1.8
DEFINITION OF TERMS
Cooperation:
it means the relationship between
individual people or
cooperative organizations united together to help themselves through mutual
action.
Rural Urban
Migration: this also means urban rush,
the movement of
people from rural areas to urban areas may be due to the problem of electricity
or lack of job and good roads.
Onwernites:
they
were people that fought for the
community and alleviate
them from their suffering and abolished the evils of capitalism.
Rochdale Pioneers:
they were people that carried
out the gospel of
cooperation after the twenties they formed the first modern cooperative
societies in England with 28 weavers.
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