Cooperative Sector Marred by Trust Deficit: Secretary Duwadi

Kathmandu : The secretary at the Ministry of Land Management, Cooperative and Poverty Alleviation, Gokarna Mani Duwadi said that the cooperative sector has now been marred by the issue of trust deficit.

"Governance issues in some cooperatives has its implications in the entire cooperative sector," speaking as the Chief Guest during the inaugural session of the 13th Annual General Meeting of the Nepal Society of Cooperative Journalist- CJN in Kathmandu today he said, "The problem arose as board members and other stakeholders failed to abide by the cooperative rules and regulations. He further said reforms will be initiated in cooperatives from higher- level.

Addressing the program the newly appointed Register of the  Department of Cooperatives, Pitambar Ghimire said that suggestions put forth by a taskforce formed to address issues in the cooperative sector are in the process of implementation.

Likewise, Chairperson of National Cooperative Federation of Nepal, Minraj Kadel, highlighted the role of three-tier government, media and the reform campaign to revive the significance of cooperatives.

Meanwhile, the AGM re-elected Kaji Shrestha as the chair of the CJN. The seven-member executive committee led by Shrestha was elected unopposed by the CJN 13th AGM on Friday.

Arjun Khatiwada has been elected as the vice-chair, Santosh Rokaya as the secretary, Sudha Devkota as the joint-secretary and Madhav Kumar Khadka has been elected the treasurer for the new CJN leadership. Namita Dulal and Balaram Budhathoki are the members on the new executive committee.

Shrestha has expressed his commitments to taking the organisation to a new height by fulfilling its objectives through collective efforts.