Indeterminate Employment Opportunities Available for Cooperative Graduates in Nigeria: Challenges and Remedies

Dr Okafo Okoreaffia
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Dr Okafo Okoreaffia: Department of Cooperative Economics and Management, Federal Polytechnic, Nekede, Owerri

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Applied Science, 2023, vol. 8, issue 7, 242-247

Abstract: The cooperative graduate is trained to emerge as an all-knowing-cooperative-expert at the zenith of his practice because he is taught to be a lawyer, accountant, finance and business management expert, magistrate and consultant. Many cooperative training institutes both in Nigeria and abroad are producing graduates with these prospects at different levels of cooperative professionalism capable of, and ready to render these valuable services to employers of labour. Unfortunately, many of these experts do not know where to find employment after graduation. This paper interrogated 314 diplomates and ambassadors of the cooperative department over a period of 4 years and identifies several employment opportunities available to them which include consultancy and self-employment. The paper also identifies the constraints they face especially that of ignorance of employers of labour and finally made recommendations that will help them become more visible in the employment market including mentioning cooperative courses as one of the invited disciplines during advertisement of business and management vacancies.

Date: 2023
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