Preface to Understanding Co-operative Society

Preface

The purpose of writing this book is as good as your guess. To create an opportunity where those in the grass root will be heard, noticed and assisted. This book is designed as a document which is aimed towards informing, educating, comforting, and enlightening the general public of what co-operative society is all about.

 in our bid to make co-operative society what it should really be, we have tirelessly work all through the time to find ways to make the setting up process real and valuable.

We are very sure that this book, UNDERSTANDING CO-OPERATIVE will help the reader learn and understands the Standard Process of Setting up a Co-Operative Society. This book will also go a long way to making the intending co-operators understand the business they are going into, what is required of them as members of the group, and the benefit they will derive if they participate fully in the process.

We will like also to use this opportunity to thank S. Owojuyigbe for his book "Co-operative Administration in Nigeria" as the book was very useful to us during our research. Parts of the quotations used are from the aforementioned titled book by S. A Owojuyigbe.

We thank you all so much for having interest in this book. We are sure you will really benefit from it. Mostly the Farmers, small scale traders, professionals in their various line of businesses, the elderly and children. But we respect the farmers so much because they are the food producers who toil day and night to make sure there is quality food for us to eat.

The information acquired from this book, is expected to serve as strength for you, to enable you know the actual Basics of the co-operative movement. Goftagroup is the human eucalyptus the organization behind the name.

“the strong rock that makes the writing of this book possible” By willingly volunteering their      printing machineries including their staffs for use in order to facilitate quick release of this book.

For more information about Goftagroup, consult the book ”Goftagroup and you” or visit www.goftagroup.info.ms the guidebook that give detailed information about Gofta limited will also be useful to people who would like to know something about people in the grass root. i.e Farmers, ()production and processing of cassava products, other matters relating to child abuse, and how useful thrift and loan operations will be for every co-operatives. If you also want to learn new skills or develop your farming skills you will also see a need to have a copy of the Gofta guidebook. for questions and support, email us on goftagroup@yahoo.com  

We encourage Organic farming!

Once again, we thank you.