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ADSI Multi-Purpose Cooperative Society Empowers About 2000 Anambra Citizens



RAYMOND OZOJI reports 


Advanced Development Solutions Initiative (ADSI) Multi-Purpose Cooperative Society Limited says about two thousand citizens of Anambra State are beneficiaries of its platforms for jobs and wealth creation since three years of its establishment. 


ADSI president Dr. Ogochukwu Soludo who stated this during an exclusive interview with HEADLINE NEWS at the state secretariat complex Awka, said ADSI Multi-Purpose Cooperative Society has become a reference point for good since inception because other cooperative groups, according to him, aspire to be like ADSI Multi-Purpose Cooperative Society. 


He said ADSI already has an army of entrepreneurs within its ranks as evident in the exhibition that was held recently to mark the International Day of Cooperatives where he said over thirty products of the group were showcased ranging from innovative home grown cooking solutions to a litany of herbal remedy products and food products too.


Soludo explained that part of what the ADSI intends to do is to expand on the knowledge they already have and then widen it to cover the entire cooperative community inorder to develop entrepreneurship from the grassroots to turn the economy around from bottom to top, stressing that they are looking forward to a glorious future where Anambra people will know that there are cooperatives and there are entrepreneurs because the aim is to make a world of difference in the sector. 


Soludo who disclosed that ADSI Multi-Purpose Cooperative Society Limited has facilitated loans for members in the transport sector, maintained that ADSI Multi-Purpose Cooperative Society Limited has also supported the Transport Company of Anambra State ( TRACAS) and Aguata Mass Transit massively in creating employment opportunities for members in the transport sector of the state economy. 


The ADSI president noted that at present, the cooperative society has a membership strength of one thousand, five hundred and thirty-three but targets to grow ADSI membership up to ten million in the next five years because they have a target of becomingthe most formidable mass movement for social transformation and sustainable development in Nigeria. 


Soludo said, " Ours is not just about  cooperative. It is growing beyond the cooperative and becoming a cooperation and ultimately becoming a conglomerate. So we have set the structure to drive that passion. 


There is a limited potential in the cooperative system that can turn everything around. And now that we have the opportunity to motivate the eighteen thousand five hundred cooperative societies in Anambra State, we want to turn them into a large army of entrepreneurs who are going to turn the economy around from the grassroots.It's a bottom-top development approach.


We want to encourage people to find out what it is they can do for themselves and then to contribute meaningfully to the economy even though we encourage production not consumption. " 



Soludo who is also the president of Cooperative Federation of Anambra State (COFAS) said they would collaborate with relevant stakeholders to train, develop capacity as well as guide the citizenry on what they want to do, adding that they plan to have a large army of entrepreneurs and wealth creators in the state and beyond. 



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