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�If I were to be in his shoes; having benefitted from President Kufuor, benefitted from President Rawlings, benefited as the Vice President to Prof Mills, I would have moved quickly�� Aspiring General Secretary of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwabena Agyepong says President John Dramani Mahama should have by now passed �first and second gear� of achievements in his administration �with the kind of experience he has gathered� so far in politics and governance. The Press Secretary to former President Kufuor was analyzing the performance of the Mahama-led administration and assertions by the ruling party that growth and development was on a standstill in the country because of the election petition case. Speaking on �Kokrokoo�, Kwabena Agyepong classified �the current President as the luckiest ever� but does not understand why he is not making use of the experience he has gathered. �He was a minister during the era of President Rawlings, when I was the Press secretary to the President (Kufuor); he (Mahama) was the minority spokesman on communications; he was also Vice President in the administration of Prof Mills before becoming president�I would have expected that having benefited from all these experiences, he would be doing better and not blame his inability to perform on the election petition� he said. Mr. Agyepong strongly believes one of the reasons that has attributed to the �slow performance� of President Mahama was his choice and selection of some of his Ministers and appointees. According to him, some of them lacked the experience and the know-how; and appeared to be square pegs in round holes. �He started off on the wrong foot and that has affected implementation of certain things. It appeared he was not decisive enough and was not sure what to do� let�s be serious with our politics because Leadership is very critical� he pointed out.