Report by Engineering Post
Development projects submitted by the Federal Ministries’ and /Departments and Agencies for consideration and approval by the relevant highest forums of the Central Development Working Party (CDWP) and the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) in different sectors continue to be moving at snail’s pace somehow.
Development projects considered and approved at the appropriate level of C the CDWP/ECNEC are then listed and funded in the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) paving the way for their implementation.
Current financial year was in its 9th month i.e. March 2026 when the Central Development Working Party considered and approved seven development projects worth Rs 15,174 billion and recommended another four projects worth Rs Rs 108.16 billion billion and consideration and approval by the higher forum of Executive Committee of the National Economic Council.
Quite obviously, the projects approved in March 2026 will only possibly be funded and listed in the PSDP 2026-27 and paving the way for the ministries/agencies concerned for their implementation.
The process for consideration and approval of the development projects at the CDWP/ECNEC needs to be accelerated so that the pace of developmental activities could be quickened which is direly needed by the country to say the least, please.
