ASSESSMENT OF THE ROLE OF COOPERATIVE SOCIETIES IN POVERTY ALLEVIATION (A STUDY OF FRCN KADUNA MULTIPURPOSE COOPERATIVE SOCIETY)

ASSESSMENT OF THE ROLE OF COOPERATIVE SOCIETIES IN POVERTY ALLEVIATION (A STUDY OF FRCN KADUNA MULTIPURPOSE COOPERATIVE SOCIETY)

ABSTRACT

This study investigates the Role of Cooperatives in Poverty Alleviation. The study was based in the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria Kaduna Multipurpose Cooperative Society. The research review the literatures of related study and were duly acknowledge. Data were collected through constructed questionnaire and interview methods comprising members of the study area. Using systematic sampling techniques. The perceptible equations and tabular illustrations were used to present data Obtained in the Study. Results obtained from the study suggested that members of the study area and the public benefit immensely from the activities of cooperative societies. Hence, cooperatives help to alleviate poverty amongst its members.

TABLE OF CONTENT

CHAPTER ONE

1. Introduction         –        –        –        –        –        –        –        –        1

1.1    Background of the study      –        –        –        –        –        –        5

1. Historical background of the study area          –        –        –        –        6
2. Statement of the Problem    –        –        –        –        –        –        7
3. Objective of the study           —       –        –        –        –        –        –        8
4. Significance of the study      –        –        –        –        –        –        9
5. Research Question     –        –        –        –        –        –        –        10
6. Scope of the study      —       –        –        –        –        –        –        11
7. Operational Definition of term       –        –        –        –        –        11

CHAPTER TWO: Literature Review

1. Introduction         –        –        –        –        –        –        –        –        13

2.2    Cooperative Development Exposure     –        –        –        –        16

2.3    Poverty      –        —       –        –        –        –        –        –        –        17

1. Nigeria’s Poverty Situation   –        –        –        –        –        –        18
2. Poverty Alleviation in Nigeria         –        –        –        –        –        20
3. Cooperative A tool for Promoting Desert

Work and reducing poverty  –        –        –        –        –        –        23

CHAPTER THREE: Research Methodology

1. Introduction         –        –        –        –        –        –        –        –        28
2. Research Design        –        –        –        –        –        –        –        28
3. Population Sample      –        –        —       –        –        –        –        28
4. Sample size        –        –        –        –        –        –        –        –        29

ASSESSMENT OF THE ROLE OF COOPERATIVE SOCIETIES IN POVERTY ALLEVIATION (A STUDY OF FRCN KADUNA MULTIPURPOSE COOPERATIVE SOCIETY)