By George Onah

Port Harcourt—Representatives of Ogoni people of Rivers State in the National and state assemblies, local governments and other opinion leaders said, weekend, they were yet to take a position on the United Nations Environ-mental Programme, UNEP, report over the oil spill in Ogoniland.

Spokesman of the group, Senator Magnus Abe, told newsmen in Port Harcourt that the report, however, should not become one of those reports that would “gather dust” on the shelve of the Federal Government.

He said: “We have not taken a position on the report because we are conscious of the fact that we still have to make wide consultations with our people. The Ogoni people will soon come out with a position on the report.

“Our people are concerned that there is no Ogoni representative in the committee that has just been set up. However, we acknowledge that this is because of the way the committee was composed—basically by function.

“It would be good if one or two of our people form part of the committee so that we  would have confidence in the entire process.”