Tectono Business Review has always known AIICO Insurance Plc as a company that
has distinguished itself as an insurer of choice and the leading insurance
company in Nigeria that provides life insurance and retirement services as well
as risk underwriting to a substantial and diversified client base.
We were at the event in Yaba where
the insurance company played host to over 500 insurance brokers under the aegis
of the Nigerian Council of Registered
Insurance Brokers on December 12, 2017 in a bid to extend the frontiers of
its operation and break new grounds in its relationships with insurance
brokers. It is obvious that the Iyano-Isolo
branch of AIICO Insurance Plc is
bent on defacing the reputation that this company has built over the years.
A Lagos-based logistics expert, Uduak Inyang, spoke to Tectono
Business Review on how the Iyano-Isolo branch
of AIICO Insurance Plc advertised a non-existent vacancy for logistics officers
only to be told, during interview, that he would be a marketing officer for 6
months before being transferred to logistics department under a condition of
meeting a certain target.
According to Inyang, “This is a sham, charade and total deception. Mrs. Abdul Husseina of AIICO Insurance
is aware that many Nigerians are not interested in working as marketers in
insurance company and earning only commissions. So, they devised a way of
luring people for interview for non-existent positions only to be pushed into
marketing department. About a week ago, I saw an advertisement for the post of logistics
officer in an insurance company on The Guardian Newspaper. As a logistics
expert with many years of experience, I decided to apply. Some days later, I
got a text message from this line: +234807167346.... inviting me for an interview on Tuesday,
January 23, 2018 at AIICO Insurance
Building, 203/205, Oshodi/Apapa Expressway, Iyano Isolo by 8:00am. According to the invitation, I
should call Mrs. Abdul Husseina on +234706512638..... I called Mrs. Husseina
and she confirmed the authenticity of the advert and the logistics officer’s
position that I applied for.
“On the day of the
interview, I could not go to work for me to be in the insurance company’s
office by 8:00am. I took the risk of leaving my house as early as 5:30am with the
original copies of my credentials. During the interview with Mrs. Abdul
Husseina, she told me that there was no vacancy for logistics officer at the
moment but I would work as a marketer for 6 months and I would be paid on
commission basis and from my performance, I will be transferred to the
logistics department.
“What a deception! In the
advert on the pages of newspaper, they did not make it clear that anybody
applying for logistics officer would spend six months as a marketer. Imagine a
logistics expert reducing himself to knocking at doors selling insurance
products. I wasted my time and my resources going for the scam interview. I also
risked losing my present job as a logistics executive in a manufacturing
company for not going to work for no reasonable reason.”
Hmmm!!! Tectono Business Review wonders why a reputable insurance company like
AIICO should stoop so low as to deceiving university graduates into coming for a
fake job interview. This is a pure case of defacing insurance business. If AIICO
could do this, how are we sure that Nigerians are not also being deceived into
paying for their services which could also be fake. There is no way you can
force insurance marketing job on people. Let them know the real job positions
they are applying for and if they are interested, they will willingly apply.
Where are the board and management
team of AIICO Insurance Plc? Are you aware of this scam? The National
Insurance Commission (NAICOM) and Nigeria
Insurance Association (NIA) should also take note of this. Please,
something must be done swiftly about this development. Mrs. Abdul Husseina and
her colleagues in Iyano Isolo branch should be severely punished to serve as a
deterrent to other unit or agency managers that have similar intentions.
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