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An NPP activist, Musah Superior, has described as misplaced, calls for President Mills to re-shuffle his ministers, and says it is too early for the president to do so. Read below Musah Superior's full text. CALLS FOR RESHUFFLE ARE MISPLACED The government of President Mills is only nine months old in office and there are quite numerous problems in the government. The problems are largely due to lack of direction and a holistic failure of the government to tackle the problems head on; thereby leading to calls by some prominent Ghanaians for a cabinet reshuffle, effectively attributing the lack of progress in the governance to the mediocrity of the people assigned variously in charge of the affairs government ministries and agencies. I disagree entirely with the calls because the government is not only young but also some of the ministers are very new to the job and require some time to adapt to the dynamics of their new jobs. In any case, those making such demands are rather not members of the government and cannot justify their positions. I do believe that the President has put in place mechanisms for assessing the performance of his ministers and if any of the ministers is found to be underperforming the President will surely act. At this moment of serious economic challenges, we should all rally behind the President and offer him and his team the necessary support to get our economy back on track. Such calls therefore will only destruct the President from the core issues that ought to address with some sense of urgency. We must demand answers from the government and not individual ministers some of whom have barely settled and sincerely, doing great. H E the President must to desist asking the people of Ghana for more time in his quest to deliver his better Ghana promise. It is no secret that cost of living in Ghana today are high and it is also significant to point to the President that governments are elected to solve problems and not to explain them. They have spent the last nine months explaining the difficulties Ghanaians are going through, without rolling out policies to arrest the situation. This I believe is not in the interest of the people of Ghana and will not lead to the better Ghana they promised. A serious interrogation of the President�s 100 days pledges reveals palpable failure. The government has failed to deliver on their lean government promise. They promised to prepare and present to parliament a bill that will ensure a review of our taxes in other to bring relief to Ghanaians. What we saw in this regard was the contrary, an increase in airport tax, talk time tax and the introduction of the 5 percent National Stabilization Levy. They have also failed in clearing our cities of filth. The people of Ghana are still pondering, �where are the jobs they promised?� �Where has the �I care for you� slogan gone to?� Crime rate in the country has increased contrary to the promised of ensuring the safety and security every Ghanaian. The culture of impunity has been established. There have been political and social violence across the length and breadth of Ghana with no coherent security plan to manage this violence and restore civil order. Taking cognizance of all these, it is absolutely nonsense and unacceptable for the President to keep asking for patience from the Ghanaian people. After all, he assured them of good leadership and made those 100 days promises personally. So if he has failed in 100 days, the good people of Ghana have every legitimate reason to be alarmed. The onus now lies before the President to deliver. We cannot wait anymore! Musah Superior NPP Member,Tamale Central Email: [email protected] 0044-7931915042.