19 May 2023

CALL FOR ENTRY NOMINATIONS: Nigerian National Cooperative Awards (CoopAWARDS) 2023 DEADLINE: JULY 19TH, 2023 - Cooperatives and Cooperators can submit entry nominations for the 5th Edition of the Nigerian National Cooperative Awards (CoopAWARDS), organized annually by Nigeria’s premier cooperative rating and awards institution - CRASoN in collaboration with the Federal Department of C...

10 Jul 2022

The popular Ibom Hall was today filled to the brim as the Ministry of Rural Development and Cooperatives celebrated the grand finale of 2022 International Cooperative Day which is the 100th since its inception in 1923 when it was first celebrated. In his address, His Excellency, the Executive Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Mr Udom Emmanuel ably represented by the Hea...

09 Jul 2022

... courtesy of the performing pragmatic Commissioner who has been delivering on her promises of bringing innovations and creativity into governance at the ministry. Ms. Afishetu Braimoh Hon. Commissioner, Ministry for Industry, Trade and Cooperatives The Edo State Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Cooperatives, for the first time in the history of the ministry, marked the UN Intern...

11 Apr 2020

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]LASCOMED Cooperative (Society of the year 2019 - Health Sector ) and Oyosowapo Group of Cooperatives (Union of the Year 2019 ) which are two of the Most Outstanding Cooperative organizations In Nigeria are blazing the trail again by being the first set of cooperatives to take a bold step of complimenting Government efforts in providing palliatives to Ni...

24 Jan 2018

As the global business elite gather at the World Economic Forum in Davos, a new report reveals how the world’s largest co-ops share ownership, control and profits with tens of millions of people. In stark contrast to the conventional shareholder-led approach to business and wealth creation that are the focus in Davos, the new report, written by Johnston Birchall of Stirling University...