He was made principal of the school by the founders when the first principal resigned upon threats from the British Colonial Government District Commissioner (DC) as the District Commissioner insisted the college's establishment was not part of the Government's development plan.
He developed close ties with Kwame Nkrumah (who was then the organising secretary of the United Gold Coast Convention) after forming a Dormaa Ahenkro branch of the United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC) and served as a secretary of the branch.
He replaced Nana Agyemang Badu I; the then omanhene (paramount chief) of Dormaa who had left for the United Kingdom for further studies at the University of Oxford.
In 1951, he was elected as the first member of the legislative assembly representing Sunyani East on the ticket of the Convention People's Party.
[3] On 29 June 1962, he was sentenced to a term exceeding 12 months imprisonment making him incapable of representing the Sunyani East electoral area in parliament.