THE ROLE OF COOPERATIVE SOCIETIES IN REDUCING UNEMPLOYMENT IN NIGERIA (A CASE STUDY OF SELECTED COOPERATIVE SOCIETIES IN NKANU WESTLOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA)

ABSTRACT    Unemployment in Our Society”.  Unemployment is just a common household word in Our Society.  Many individual today are unemployed not because they are not fit for any job or that they lack the knowledge, the   answer to this problem is unemployment.  Many able-bodied young men and women remains unemployed after wasting a good number of years in school.  A waste in the sense that after what seems like size years in school come out just to find yourself doing nothing to the extent of living without hope. According to Oxford advanced dictionary, unemployment is defined as the amount of unused labour.   However, since both government and private body have failed to provide a lasting solution to unemployment menace, co-operative becomes another alternative solution of necessity in order to make a concise generalization of cooperative solution in Aba-North will be  use to conduct this research.  Literature reviews will be base on what the reviews of their other writers. The use of questionnaire and interview will use to get data since the study will be an attitudinal survey structure.  The research will also personal observation where method used by researcher to obtain data in order to determine and evaluate co-operative and it role in reducing unemployment and to recommend way of improving it activities in our economy.  The researcher will use grouping tabulation (pie chart and frequency, percentage).  This research will tend to observe while  numerous problems have hamper the operation and existence of cooperative.  And while to some extend have not made any removable contribution in elevating employment level.  Recommendations will be made as regards to improve their activities.






TABLE OF CONTENTS Title Pageii Approval Pageiii Dedicationiv Acknowledgementv Abstract vi Table of Contentsv CHAPTER ONE:  INTRODUCTION  1.1Background of the Study1 1.2Statement of problem3 1.3Objective of the Study4 1.4Research Questions 5 1.5Significant of the Study5 1.7Scope and Limitation of the Study6 1.7Definition of Terms6 CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW 2.1Meaning of Co-operative9 2.2Unemployment      15 2.3Types of Unemployment      16 2.4Causes of unemployment 17 2.5Benefits  of Unemployment 19 2.6The Role of Cooperative in Reducing Unemployment21 2.7Consequences of Unemployment23      21 2.6Employment Problems in Development 27 2.7Employment Objectives and Approaches 30 2.8Employment Productivity and Income Distribution 3   CHAPTER THREE: RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODOLOGY 3.0Research Design 37 3.2Area of Study37 3.3Sources of Data 37 3.4Sample Size of Data39 3.5Research Instrument 40 3.6Validity of Research Instrument 41 3.7Data Analysis 41
CHAPTER FOURS:  PRESENTATION/ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION 4.1Presentation and Analysis  42 4.2Analysis of Data  46 
CHAPTER 5:  SUMMARY OF FINDINGS, RECOMMENDATION AND CONCLUSION  5.1Summary of Findings 50 5.2Recommendation53 5.3Conclusion 55 Bibliography Appendix