Dhaka, Dec. 1 -- Officials are shunning the role of development project director, once considered a "desirable post", while contractors too are showing declining enthusiasm, threatening the momentum of the Annual Development Programme (ADP), Planning Advisor Wahiduddin Mahmud has said.

Speaking after the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) meeting on Monday, he expressed frustration that despite mid-year government efforts, the ADP has not gained the desired pace.

"The problems persist. The issues with project directors are unresolved. The difficulty is that now no one wants to become a project director. Contractors are also not keen," he said.

The ECNEC meeting, presided over by Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus, w...