He entered the Ewe Presbyterian Theological Seminary at Ho and qualified as a catechist.
[9] After his basic education Goka was employed as a pupil teacher in 1934 at his hometown Mafi Anfoe in the Volta Region.
After qualifying as a Certificate A Grade I teacher he took an appointment at the Keta Presbyterian Middle School in January 1946.
[9] Goka later ventured politics and in June 1954 he was elected member of the legislative assembly and that same year he was appointed Minesterial Secretary (deputy minister) for the Ministry of Health.
Togbe Kwasinyi Agyeman IV, the Fia (Chief) of Adidome, described him as "the greatest son of Mafiland" in his funeral tribute.