[4] In 1952, he enrolled at Xavier University, New Orleans on a Phelps Stokes Fund scholarship,[5] for his undergraduate degree which he obtained in 1955.
[3][6] After his secondary education, Lomotey worked for about twelve years in the Ghanaian civil service.
[3] In 1957, Lomotey entered the Ghanaian foreign service as an Executive Officer of Ghana's Permanent Mission to the United Nations.
He was one of five Ghanaians including Seth Anthony and Robert Baffuor captured in a photograph which made for the news under the unfurled Ghana Flag.
[17][18] Prior to his ambassadorial appointment to Yugoslavia, he worked as the director of the United Nations and International Organisations division at Ghana’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.