The Cooperative Rating & Award Society of Nigeria has called for the development and sustainability of the cooperative sector in the country.
The group, in a statement on Thursday, said this was necessary to address the challenges facing the sector such as neglect among others across the state of the Federation.
The president of the group, Victor Oyegoke, spoke while leading the management team of the society to pay a visit to the Edo State Commissioner, Ministry of Industry, Trade and Cooperatives, Afishetu Braimoh.
Oyegoke said, “The visit is to advocate and seek collaborative support for CRASoN projects, programmes and activities.
“In other states, the Cooperative Department is always neglected but we have seen that in Edo State, it is not so, as evidence with the level of support given to cooperators, the education, awareness and information made available on cooperatives especially at the last 2022 International Day of Cooperatives held in the…