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Article Title: Cooperative Society Facilities Offered and Economic Strength Promotion among Teachers in Oyo State, Nigeria
by Olusola Bolarinwa ADENIYI, Bisola Olayode ADEPOJU, and Tolulope Wale YOLOYE,

Abstract:
This paper focuseson how cooperative societies with affiliation to the Nigerian Union of Teachers promote the economic strength of members through facilities offered in Oyo state, Nigeria. This paper sought to identify various facilities offered to the members of this society, and promotion of members economic strength. One hundred and forty five (145) members of eight (8) cooperative societies with affiliation to NUT participated in the study. The instruments used in collecting data were; facilities offered checklist (FOC) and members economic strength questionnaire (MESQ). Data collected were analysed using Descriptive Statistic and Correlation. Results revealed that sampled cooperative societies engaged in different facilities in supporting members. The result further reveals that there is insignificant negative relationship between facilities offered and member economic strength promotion (r= -0.108, p> .05). Conclusion is that cooperative societies should look into other means at which they can seriously improve members economic strength. __________________________________________________________________________________________ Keywords:

Keywords: Cooperative Societies; Nigeria Union of Teachers; Facilities Offered; Economic Strength; and Poverty

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