A lot of questions have been asked about how Cooperative Societies started in Nigeria, and based on my experience of running cooperative societies successfully for many years till date, I wrote this series of articles to share information on it with you, my esteemed visitor.
This article will enlighten you on how cooperative societies in Nigeria started.
According to the International Cooperative Alliance (ICA), it’s an autonomous association of persons united voluntarily to meet their economic, social and cultural needs and aspirations, through jointly owned and democratically controlled enterprise.
Cooperative in spirit and practices has been in Nigeria before the advent of modern cooperatives.

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