[2] After training as a teacher, Kodzo returned to the Volta Region where he held teaching appointments for a period of 14 years.
He resigned from the teaching profession in 1951 as the headmaster of the Roman Catholic Middle School in Kete-Krachi.
[2][3] Kodzo entered parliament in 1951 after winning the Buem-Krachi seat during the 1951 Gold Coast Legislative Election, which occurred on 8 February 1951.
[8] In 1969, Kodzo together with Hans Kofi Boni were sentenced to six years each imprisonment by the Accra High Court presided over by Justice Edward Kwame Wiredu.
They were found guilty of inappropriate disbursement of funds of the then Industrial Development Corporation (IDC).