Backed By Powerful Interests Chinese Business Woman Diana Chen Sacks, Frustrates Nigerians From Mega Deals

Chinese Businesswoman, Diana Chen is attracting a lot of attention – and obviously not positive ones.

The chairperson of CIG Motors Limited and a dealer in GAC brand of automobile is accused of wanton sack and frustrations of Nigerians GAC cars importation deals.

News spotter thecapital,ng comes to town with astounding revelations of manners the company chief executive treats Nigerians on their home soil.

She is accused of actions that are out rightly against labor laws and business ethnics.

And many are alleging Chen is getting away with the allegations based on backing from powerful interests in the country

The capital.ng details allegations against chen with a report which reads in part..

‘’According to the news doing the rounds, Diana Chen reaps immense profits from doing business in the country by perpetuating a business culture that is in contradiction of Nigeria’s employment and labour laws.

Investigations revealed that CIG’s business model is basically rigged and operationalized with no regard for the local legal requirements, corporate guidelines and ethical procedures which it so vocally espouses in all its areas of operation. CIG operations sheds light on the parasitical nature of the company through its flagrant disregard of local legislation and ethical practices.

CIG Motors Limited whose 90 percent shares are owned by Chen, signed a pact with Guangzhou Automobile Group Motor Co Ltd (“GAC Motor”), to establish and manage distribution network in Nigeria, West Africa, a situation which was believed to be of great benefit to Nigerians, but suddenly snowballed into a “Chinese affair”. Chen has kicked out several Nigerian automobile dealers from importing cars from China especially GAC brand of automobile.

“She is trying to monopolize GAC brand of automobile”, a source who is familiar with her dealings, “she has blocked Nigerian dealers from importing the vehicles to make it cheaper for us”, the source added.

Recently, GS8, a product of GAC Motor was awarded the exclusive honour of “2018 Top Safety Car” among 7-seater SUVs from C-NCAP, the highest national recognition for automotive safety.

Speaking on the development, a source familiar with Chen’s administration in Nigeria, told us that despite the high demand for GS8 and other GAC products in Nigeria, the Chinese automobile distributor might lead the brand into extinction in the oil-rich West African country if her excesses are not checked by GAC Motor.

“Although GS8 manufactured by GAC Motor is a good car with high demand in Nigeria, the company is not well represented in Nigeria by Diana Chen”.

We gathered that representatives of GAC Motor came to Nigeria late last year to meet with some Nigerian dealers with the aim of granting them ‘dealership’ but upon getting to China; Chen got hold of the information and thereafter blocked the deal in China.

GAC Motor has taken decisions several times to get new dealers in Nigeria but Chen suppresses the move all the time with an allegation that she “has a relationship with the Nigerian government more than Nigerians”.

We gathered that Diana made this allegation because she was able to organize the first edition of the Nigeria-China Governors’ Investment Forum which held in Guangzhou, China. The event was attended by several Nigerian governors including Abia, Zamfara, Nasarawa, Delta, Benue and Borno state governors.

The forum was organized four (4) years after CIG Motors Co., Ltd introduced GAC Motor vehicles in Nigeria.

However, there is a cap on the growth of Nigerian human resources within the company even as foreign staff from the ages of 19 upwards are sent to Nigeria to manage positions. It is instructive to note that many of the company’s so-called expatriate staff are unqualified for the positions they brought in to occupy, customarily, they are trained by more competent and experienced Nigerian staff working with the company before they are deemed fit to assume duty.

CIG has developed an expertise in quota trafficking and, at any point in time has many Chinese nationals expatriate on its payroll. Besides the lack of merit of its recruitment style, the company perpetrates a very gruesome and dehumanising social and workplace culture. The company’s expatriate personnel have taken full advantage of the corrupt practices instituted by CIG and work in line with instructions from the company’s management to diminish the growth opportunities for local companies with draconian policies, delayed payments and frequent contract breaches.

To make matters worse, she hardly keeps a Nigerian in her employment for a period of six month without looking for an excuse to get rid of him or her, according to her staff. This is after she would have illegally deducted their salaries, despise them in the presence of her fellow Chinese country men and unfairly treat them as criminals’’