INTRODUCTION
In order to get a clear picture of the subject matter it is imperative to defined cooperative. ICA Statement on the cooperative defines cooperative as an autonomous association of persons economic, social and cultural needs and aspirations through a jointly-owned and democratically-controlled enterprise.
However, primary cooperative which is the subject matter is defined as a society which has as its object the promotion of the socio-economic interest of its members through a common enterprise managed in accordance with cooperative principles. A primary cooperative society must have at least ten individuals if it is an auxiliary cooperative and six persons if it is a productive or industrial cooperative. Each of these must have qualified for membership (NCSA, 1993).
Primary cooperatives are basically established to meet member’s social-economic need. The operations of primary societies permits the people who live in the same locality with the same goals and aspiration to go into synergy in order to actualize such goals collectively (Ijere, 1998).
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUTION
1.1 Background of the Study
1.2 Statement of the problem
1.3 Objective of the study
1.4 Research Questions
1.5 Significance of the study
1.6 Scope of the study
CHAPTER TWO
LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1 Introduction
2.2 The Definition of Primary Cooperative
2.3 The Prospect of Primary Cooperative in promoting members economic welfare.
2.4 The Function of primary Cooperative
2.5 The problems of Primary Cooperatives
2.6 Summary of the literature
CHAPTER THREE
METHODOLOGY
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Research Design
3.3 Population of the study
3.4 Sample and Sampling Procedure
3.5 Research Instrument
3.5.1 Validity
3.5.2 Reliability
3.6 Procedure for the administration of the instrument
3.7 Method of Data presentation and Statiscal Analysis
3.8 Limitation of the study
CHAPTER FOUR
DATA PRESENTATION AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Respondents Characteristics
4.3 Data Analysis
4.4 Summary of Findings
CHAPTER FIVE
SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION
5.1 Summary
5.2 Conclusion
5.3 Recommendations
QUESTIONNAIRE
