An anti-corruption watchdog, Global Witness, has alleged that Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, was involved in oil deals that undermined anti-corruption policies in Nigeria in his position as Chief Executive Officer of ExxonMobil.
Global Witness issued the statement Wednesday, just as Tillerson was being screened at a Senate confirmation hearing.
Global Witness alleged that “questionable deals” between ExxonMobil and autocratic, oil-rich, regimes have fueled instability and entrenched poverty.
It said ExxonMobil engaged in questionable transactions in Nigeria, Angola, Equatorial Guinea and Chad.
The group also charged that ExxonMobil led efforts to sabotage policies to reduce corruption and undermined the U.S. commitment to more transparency by refusing to disclose payments under the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative.
ExxonMobil has, however, denied any wrongdoing.
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