Region Two Chairman, Mr. Alli Baksh, has announced that the Chief Co-op officer will be asked to intervene in matters concerning the state of Co-operative Societies in Region Two and to determine what line of action will be taken against non-functioning societies.

Mr. Baksh, addressing councillors at the last RDC meeting, said co-op societies in the region are not functioning properly while government is spending millions of dollars every year to provide drainage and irrigation in co-op areas.

Mr. Baksh said that because of the non-functioning of the societies, millions of dollars are owed to the Government for rates and taxes.

The Chairman informed the Councillors that a broad-based meeting will be held to sort out the burning issues of co-ops because co-ops are important and can help poor people.