Kwara Meeting goes robust on unregistered cooperative societies

The Kwara Home of Meeting has resolved to wield the large stick towards unlawful and unregistered cooperative societies working throughout the state.

This motion follows a movement titled “Want To Curb The Unlawful Actions of Unregistered Cooperative Societies in Kwara State”, moved by Hon. Odetundun Olushola (Irepodun) and seconded by Hon. Maryam Yusuf Aladi (Ilorin South).

In its decision on the movement, the legislature urged Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq to direct the Ministry of Enterprise, Innovation and Know-how to start the instant identification of all unregistered cooperative societies and implement their registration. Failure to conform, it acknowledged, ought to entice the closure of such entities and the prosecution of their operators in accordance with the regulation.

The Meeting additionally known as on the governor to instruct the Ministry of Enterprise, Innovation and Know-how to evaluate and simplify the registration course of for cooperative societies, making it extra accessible, clear, and environment friendly in order to encourage voluntary compliance.

Moreover, it urged the governor to direct the Ministry of Enterprise, Innovation and Know-how to collaborate with the Ministry of Communication to launch a statewide public sensitisation marketing campaign aimed toward educating residents on the significance of partaking solely with registered cooperative societies and the risks of doing in any other case.

The lawmakers moreover appealed to the governor to mandate the Ministry of Communication to collaborate with the Nationwide Broadcasting Fee, NBC, and the Promoting Practitioners Council of Nigeria, APCON, to watch the actions of radio stations throughout the state, guaranteeing that solely professional monetary establishments and cooperative societies are promoted on their frequencies.