In 1951, he was the first person from the Northern Region to be appointed as a Minister in Ghana and also a Member of Parliament.
[2][3][4] He was the first Ghanaian minister to resign from his position after confessing of taking bribe from Aksor Kasardjian, an Armenian contractor.
[2] He was a Minister for Communications and Work during Nkrumah's regime.
He was a founding member of the Northern People's Party which was a political party founded by politicians of the Northern Territories of the Gold Goast to contest the general election in 1954.
[2][3][7][15] In 1959, Braimah together with Mumuni Bawumia moved from the United Party to the Convention Peoples Party because of disagreements to boycott National Assembly proceedings.