INTRODUCTION:
Cooperatives are classified as one of the business organizations but operate in a special way different from all other forms of business enterprises. The distributive nature of cooperative provided that they must be owned, used and controlled by their members. In view of this, cooperatives are organized and managed through the system of large or small, multipurpose or single purpose and central or federal. All these systems put together are under direct coordination and supervision of the cooperative federation.
Yahaya, (2001) notes the cooperative federation is an organization where there are basic units at each level that determine on their own initiative. The relationship between the federation which is a higher organ and the secondary societies which are lower organs is that there is a dividing line where the lower organs reserve to themselves certain functions and delegate others to the higher organs. Though the cooperative federation controls the activities of cooperative to ensure efficiency, it has by the affiliated societies since such affiliated societies do not surrender their autonomy to the cooperative federation.CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1Background of The Study
1.2Statement Of The Research Problem
1.3Objectives Of The Study
1.4Research Questions
1.5Scope of the Study
1.6Significance Of The Study
1.7Limitations Of The Study
CHAPTER TWO
LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1Introduction
2.2Concept of Cooperative
2.3Concept of Cooperative Federation
2.4Junctions of The State Cooperative Federation
2.5Weaknesses Of Nigerian Cooperative
2.6Summary
CHAPTER THREE
Methodology
3.1Introduction
3.2Research Design
3.3Population of the study
3.4Sample Size And Sampling Procedure
3.5Research Instrument
3.5.1 Validity
3.5.2Reliability
3.6Procedure for the administration of the instrument
3.7Method of data presentation and statistical analysis
3.8 Limitations of the study
CHAPTER FOUR
DATA PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS
4.1Introduction
4.2Respondents Bio-data variable
4.3Answering research questions
4.4Summary of findings
CHAPTER FIVE
SUMMARY OF FINDING, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS.
5.1Introduction
5.2Summary
5.3Conclusion
5.4Recommendations
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