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1935

Nigeria enacts its first Cooperative Societies Ordinance

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📅 1935 📍 Nigeria

Following C. F. Strickland's 1934 report, the colonial government passed an ordinance modeled on Indian cooperative law. The framework formalized cooperatives but subjected societies to registration, audit and official oversight; Nigerian farmers also had older local forms of reciprocal work and mutual help.

Inisiá sesion pa gusta òf marká e relato aki.
🔖 Marká

Personanan den e suseso aki

C. F. Strickland

Nigerian farmers

Organisashonnan den e Evento aki

Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria

cooperative societies