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The National Chairman of the ruling NDC Dr. Kwabene Adjei is seeking the dismissal of the minister of Finance Seth Terkper for his inability to deal with the current economic crisis the country facing. Dr. Kwabena Adjei is said to have pointed out that the economy is broke and blamed the finance minister for the crisis and his dismissal. The NDC chairman at a meeting called by the Speaker of Parliament Rt Hon. Edward Doe Adjaho on December 28th at Ho in the Volta Region to review performance of the government in 2013. The chief of Staff Prosper Bani, ministers from Volta Region as well as Volta MPs attended the meeting and were shocked at the NDC chairman comment. As board chairman for Getfund, Dr. Adjei was briefing the meeting about challenges facing Getfund and said Getfund contractors have not been paid because there is no money and demanded the dismissal of the finance minister Mr. Seth Terkper if the current economic is to end. Economists have attributed the current economic challenges facing the country to lack of proper and focused economic policies. President Mahama has come under pressure from some elements within his party to sack the Finance minster for non performance but its unclear whether the much-anticipated reshuffle likely to be announced within the next few days will affect the finance minster. According to the information filtering in, the recently announced performance appraisal of government appointees may well be a clever way to herald the planned Ministerial reshuffle. A Deputy Minister of Information and Media Relations, Murtala Mohammed announced the President�s intention to appraise the performance of his ministers, saying the review exercise will include a comprehensive evaluation of the performance of the government within its first one year in office. However, the announcement failed to state the fate of appointees whose assessment was below expectation. Critics think commencing a reshuffle soon after conducting an appraisal of appointees will create an impression in the minds of the general public that the Ministers affected in the reshuffle may have been assessed to have performed.