On Saturday 6th of November, 2021, Ike – Oluwa Sagamu Cooperative Multipurpose Union Limited organized a retreat for her members at Ike Oluwa Cooperative Building Iparufu, behind Holy Ghost, Soyindo, Sagamu, Ogun State, in attendance is the President Ike Oluwa Sagamu (Remo) CMU Limited and founder Ola Cooperative Foundation – OCF , Mr. Olanrewaju Otinwa; the newly elected Branch President Remo Branch I of OGSCOFED Limited, Alhaji Yissau Titilola; Mr. S. A. Adeoye JP and Badejo Adeyemi, ICT Director OGSCOFED Limited.
The first facilitator, Mr. Ola Otinwa spoke on how to form a Cooperative Society and manage it successfully.
The second facilitator, Badejo Adeyemi, the CEO Adebola Services and ICT Director OGSCOFED Limited spoke on Importance of Social Media and Digitalization in Cooperative Management. During this discussion, he was able to highlight the Importance of Social Media, what we need to prepare for and OGSCOFED DIGIT MOBILE APP which entails to improve the effectiveness and productivity of all aspect of our Cooperative activities. To make our Cooperative Movement activities and operations more transparent and accountable. To provide a real-time on-line system that allows for faster access and production of report as and when due. To replace traditional bureaucratic processing with processing equipped with timely and up to date information for decision making which will help reduce redundancy and save cost. To create knowledge-based and simple moral accountable responsive and transparent operations.
It is therefore important for Cooperative Society/Union to wakeup to the threat of technology to their business and embrace it before advancements in technology render them irrelevant in the future. Let’s Embrace Change and Embrace Technology.
The Branch President, Alhaji Y. O. Titilola implored all members not to be adamant to all Cooperative issues. He spoke about the newly launched and accepted Cooperative Anthem composed by Okanlawon Adebola at CFN 6th National Cooperative Summit Exhibition and Awards in Abeokuta, Ogun State that the lyrics is ICA Principles. He later implored all participants to pay attention and ask questions where and when necessary.
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