COOPERATIVE AS A PLATFORM FOR GRASS-ROOT DEVELOPMENT (A CASE STUDY OF SOME SELECTED COOPERATIVE SOCIETIES IN KADUNA SOUTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF KADUNA STATE)

The study examines the impact of cooperative as a platform for grassroot development. The major problems of the society are; one of the problem is persistence of agriculture stagnation, hunger, poverty, disease, unemployment, poor housing, under-employment, poor infrastructural facilities. Most of youths also suffer from inadequacy of social services, high birth rate and death rate, low life expectancy, malnutrition and illiteracy, lack of productive, technical and managerial skill to improve production. The major objective of the research work are: to find out the extent to which co-operative societies have contributed to the development of grassroot in Kaduna South Local government area, to assess the impact of cooperative societies to economic development, to examine the problems affecting cooperative societies towards grassroot development, to examine the ways of improving the activities of co-operative societies in the study area. The method of data collection are both primary and secondary source of information, Question use on the research work as method of collecting data. The result shows that the cooperative societies play a vital role towards grassroot development in the country, such education helped members to develop the spirit of saving and to established their own business and manage it successfully, it is conclude that cooperative societies has made a great impact towards improving the grassroot in the country. But more are still expected in terms of cooperative awareness, formal education and the general education of members of the cooperative and the public as a whole.