THE IMPACT OF MARKET WOMEN ASSOCIATION IN ISSELE-UKU, DELTA-STATE, 1911-2016

ABSTRACT

This work has been able to examine the impact of market women association in the economy of Issele-Ukwu, with particular reference to the Issele-Ukwu Market Women Association. The study also tackles the place of market women in the socio-political and economic life of the society from the early period to the present which has aroused a wide range of interests amongst scholars and writers in recent times. This research work went further to examine the antecedence of Issele-Ukwu market and the establishment of various association in the market. In other words, the study analyzed how Issele-Ukwu market was initially located at Obi palace junction opposite now called Good Samaritan Road, Issele-Ukwu in 1984, a period when the Jehovah’s Witnesses had their camp ground in the land owned by Mr. Ifeanyi, who owned vast area of land in Issele-Ukwu. It was during the camps meetings of the Jehovah’s Witnesses that market women began to take advantage of the population to display their wares and this was a frequent occurrence, thus led to the establishment of the market.