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How State plans to tame rogue cooperative societies

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Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Cooperatives and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) Wycliffe Oparanya. [File, Standard]

Cooperative societies across the country are set to undergo inspection and have their officials trained on ethics as the government moves in to sanitise the sector, which it says is marred with weak governance structures.

The exercise is one of the key performance indicators for the Ministry of Cooperatives and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) this financial year as agreed with the Office of the President.

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