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The Communications Director of the opposition New Patriotic Party, Nana Akomea has slammed government over the recent reshuffle of Ministers in President Mahama�s administration. Nana Akomea who could not fathom the logic behind the reshuffle by the President, described as �indecisive� the leadership of President John Dramani Mahama. He believed the President�s action has unearthed the inconsistencies in his administration. Speaking to Peacefmonline.com on Tuesday, he challenged President Mahama to articulate his vision well since according to him, his appointment of the Ministers reshuffled was short-lived. President John Dramani Mahama, in line with his vision to transform the Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) into incubators and realizers of local level development, announced in a statement signed by the Executive Secretary to the President, Raymond Atuguba, the first reshuffle of his government. The reshuffle saw the Ashanti Regional Minister, Samuel Sarpong, move to the Central Region as the Brong Ahafo Regional Minister, Eric Opoku takes his place in the Ashanti Region. Central Regional Minister, Ebenezer Kwadwo Teye Addo has also been sent to the Western Region while Julius Debrah, Eastern Regional Minister goes to the Greater Accra Region. Greater Accra Regional Minister, Nii Laryea Afotey Agbo, Upper East Regional Minister, Dr. Ephraim Avea Nsoh, Upper West Regional Minister, Bede Anwataazumo Ziedeng and Helen Ntoso, Volta Regional Minister are going to the Volta, Upper West, Northern and Eastern Regions respectively. The rest are Western Regional Minister, Paul Evans Aidoo and Minister of State at the Presidency, Alhaji Limuna Mohammed Muniru who are moving to the Brong Ahafo Region and Upper East Region. Though not a new development in the political fabric of the nation, Nana Akomea expressed that an ample time should have been allotted to the Ministers to be assessed before the reshuffle but he found it sudden for the President to change Ministers within a fortnight. He questioned the logic in the President�s reshuffle, disclosing that; �even yesterday, some of them (Ministers) were doing handover�So, these people have been in office for less than two weeks. Their appointments have come less than two weeks and you are reshuffling them.� He therefore asked: �What has changed since you (President Mahama) made the appointment. They went through Parliament and they�ve been sworn in by the President, himself? What has changed? If you wanted to even change them after Parliament, why do you swear them in? And then now that they just have taken their position, you reshuffle them. What has changed?� Without mincing words, Nana Akomea stressed that the reshuffle �shows indecisiveness�It doesn�t show consistency. And unfortunately, it doesn�t show that the President had a straight forward vision right from the start.�