He was appointed the Central Regional Minister in February 2001 by J.A Kufour.

He obtain a total vote cast of 21,534 which represent 57.80%[4] whiles his opponents candidates, Samuel Aggrey Forson of the National Democratic Congress pulled 14,474 representing 38.80% of the votes, Kwame Asoandze Edu-Ansah of the Convention People's Party obtained 1,276 also representing 3.40% of the vote cast while James Appiah-Mensah an independence candidate had no vote making him, Isaac Edumadze, emerge as the winner of the Ejumako/Enyan/Essiam constituency.

He was a well-known farmer in the Ajumako area in the central region[5] and a devoted Christian as well.

He was reported to have died on 11 January 2018 in the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital in the afternoon.

[6][7] He had been known to be not in a good condition and was rushed to the hospital only to last a few minutes longer.