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Table of Content

PREFACE I

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT II

DEDICATION III

COVER PAGE IV

TITLE PAGE V

APPROVAL PAGE VI



Chapter One

Meaning of Co-operative

Co-operative Value



Chapter Two

Principles of Co-operative Business

I.C.A Principles of 1937

Voluntary and Open Membership

Democratic Member Control

Member economic participation

Autonomy and Independence

Education, Training and Information

Co-operation among Co-operatives

Concern for Community



Chapter Three

The Rochdale Pioneers I.C.A

Aim of the I.C.A

I.C.A Membership

Types of membership

1. Collective membership

2. Individual membership

3. Ordinary membership

Rights of members.

Duties of members

Past I.C. A Congresses



Chapter Four

Introduction

Reasons for joining co-operatives

i. Economic motive

ii. Sociological motive

iii. External pressure

Classification and Types of co-operatives

Producer co-operative society/movement.



Chapter Five

i. Findings

ii. Recommendations

iii. Conclusion.

Introduction

The co-operative institution will tell us that the co-operative institution is about people. It’s about a business. It is in line with these assertion that various definitions of this subject have been postulated by some school of thoughts. Whereas some scholars see co-operative or define co-operative as an association of person usually of limited means who have voluntarily joined together to achieve a common Economic goals through the formation of a democratically controlled business organization, making equitable contribution to the capital required and accepting a fair share of the risk and benefits of the undertaking in which the members actively participate.



Other International Co-operative Alliance (I.C.A) compliments with the view that co-operative is an autonomous association of persons united voluntarily to meet their common economic, social and cultural needs and aspirations through a jointly owned and democratically controlled enterprise.



Furthermore, a co-operative society can be defined as an enterprise formed and directed by association of users applying within itself the rules of democracy and directly intended to save both its own members and the community as a whole.



Finally, according to (Bob-Igwe, 1993:15), he defined Co-operative as a voluntary, evolutionary democratic process resulting from initiative and enterprise at the “grassroots” by individuals motivated by the principle of self -help and mutual aid.