The fact that
co-operative society is a non governmental organization does not denote that the
government doesn’t have a role to play in making the co-operative bodies
succeed in their various operations. The co-operators themselves ignorantly
decided to be failure.
For instance, if the management structures
the co-operative societies/unions is not solidly laid, that’s if the members of
the board of executives don’t actually know what co-operative society is all
about, there is every tendency that such body are constructed with a non
durable material, it may easily wear away. To avoid such unpalatable
situations, Presidents and
all members operating in the position of authority from all co-operative groups
must be made up of persons who understand co-operative principles and is ready
to do anything possible to represent the society, entrusted to him/her. They
must also be ready to put the interest of the group above their own personal
interest for the benefit of the society/Union. Backwardness that you experience
in some societies/Unions is base on the lack of understanding of the groups
executives.
Members should be concern with the
intentions of people that represent them. This becomes very mandatory now than
ever before because, from observation and from the statistics taken by the
Gofta MPCS Limited, the result shows that members don’t care whether their
leaders have the quality of sustainability in mind, all what bothers on them is
as far as the person/persons are ready and willing to borrow money for them
(the members) to share, he can take the leadership mantle.
Another possible reason why
co-operative groups fail is the sharing formula and labor distribution. This
has also become a threat to the co-operative societies/unions. Many people want
to share equally with others when they are never ready to work equally with
them. The problem most rampant now is
the case of the presidents, of the various Co-operative unions becoming
dictators and threatening anyone that may want to identify areas that need
amendments. This is another threat to success. One more problem co-operative
society also face, is the issue of distrust and lack of participation by some
members in the executives who prefer to serve themselves on the expense of the
group.
Proper structuring and orientation
should therefore be given to persons proposing setting up co-operative society
and operating it successfully. Co-operative is a viable tool that can be used
to assist in good governance and employment creation. Therefore it must not be
left in the hands of those that does not recognize the worth of this movement Read More
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