DIFFICULTIES AND HOPE FOR CONSUMER COOPERATIVE A CASE STUDY OF IDEMILI NORTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF ANAMBRA STATE

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

1. The consumer cooperative society today is going through difficulties in the local government of Idemili North, consumer cooperative has been concerned with the systematic, preservative and dissemination of knowledge in the system. This consumer cooperative has not been very successful in Idemili North due to the problem surrounding them this society would be better and effective society if they have formed themselves into cooperative registered society according to law.

1. GENERAL OVERVIEW OF THE STUDY;

The consumer cooperative has been intimately concerned with acquisition, preservation and dissemination of her cooperative knowledge as they proceed, there is the need to make these observation being recorded in journals an book, non material accessible to users for convenient and immediate consultation to the member.

       The infrastructure of effective communication network needs to be established in their various zones of operation provision or reliable roads and associated facilities to alleviate the general rigors/dangers that member encounter when carrying out transactions to distant market place.

       Consumer and marketing cooperative society have not been very successful in Idemili North due to the problems surrounding  them. There will be a better and more effective society if they had formed themselves into registered cooperative according to law because of the predominance of illiteracy.

        They lack the education and enlightenment of performance which have help to enhance the level of performance and understanding of what consumer cooperative is all about. Historical knowledge has been also considered a necessary help for discussing temporary issues as regards to the present. It gives an insight into the nature of problem and direct attention to what is going on in the consumer cooperative in Idemili North in Anambra state.

       Consumer cooperative in Idemili North have coordinated better method of farming and encouraged the farmers creativity. They protect the farmers interest as well as selling quality goods at affordable rate, this project covers the difficulties faced by the consumer cooperative in Idemili North LGA as a geographical reference for the project has some  factors which affects consumer cooperative society are as follows

1. sales of adulterated goods by its members
2. incompetence in the executive of consumer cooperative in Idemili North
3. illiteracy among members
4. low storage facilities
5. lack of capital

1. OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY

To make it clear, the aim and objectives of consumer cooperative providing question and providing prospects solution to the following problems

1. to make know the members of consumer cooperative in Anambra state particularly Idemili North.
2. to make recommendation on how the consumer cooperative will enhance its programs.
3. To know the specific system the particular system operates on so as to achieve maximum effectiveness
4. To improve on consumer cooperative scheme which will provide member which expounded knowledge of the cooperative never the less introducing its procedure and techniques on how cooperative share their dividend surplus to their members.