This research work titled, “cooperative society and economic development” of Enugu state. (A case study of Udi local government area) was carried out by the researcher.
Chapter one, deals with the introduction and the historical background of the study, statement of the problems, objective of the study, research question, Research hypothesis, Significance of the study and scope and limitations of the study include in this chapter.
Chapter two, deals with the review of past related literature, with the following sub-leadings were discussed: contributions of cooperative societies towards education development, cooperative and it€™s economic contribution to rural development and the performance of cooperative in Nigeria.
Chapter three, deals with the research design and methodology, area of study, population sample, and sampling procedure, sources of data etc were discussed: primary data are oral interview, observation and questionnaires while secondary data involves the use of past research text book and project writing.
Chapter five, it deals with the finds, recommendation and conclusions.
The findings discovered is that cooperative is doing fairly well is Udi local government area by providing employment, marketing product of the recommendations are:
- Imposed cooperative educational programme from time to time for the member.
- Close monitoring of the activities of the cooperative.
In conclusion cooperative have been able to develop the areas in term of providing employment for the citizens and providing essential commodities to the members.
Based an the findings the researcher made some recommendations. The financial base of the cooperative societies in Udi, should be improved through the following ways;
- Government should provide find for cooperative societies through loans and special grants.
- An education department should be created in Divisional Council.
Based on the finding the researcher made some conclusion. That cooperative in Udi help their members economically in form of granting loan to member, and cooperative societies are doing fairly well in term of business transaction.
