Indication emerged yesterday that work on the federal secretariat complex in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State has been abandoned owing to lack of funds.
A visit by National Mirror to the project site along the Ox Bow Lake Road, Swali showed that construction work had stopped in the area since February this year.
Only a few security men were spotted at the site when our correspondent visited the area yesterday.
The ceremonial foundation laying stone of the project was done last year when the former governor of the state, Timipre Sylva, was in office.
Work on the proposed four-storey secretariat complex was at its foundation level before it was abandoned.
The National Good Governance Team led by the Minister for Information and Orientation, Labaran Maku and over 70 journalists, including members of non-governmental organisations on February 16, visited the state to inspect some ongoing federal projects.
It was gathered that the contractor quickly mobilised a few members of staff to the project site when the minister and his team visited the state.
The group spent at least three days touring parts of the state to inspect projects embarked upon by the Federal Government.
National Mirror