[4][5][6] He was elected as a member of the legislative assembly in 1951 representing Kassena-Nankana South under the ticket of the Convention People's Party (CPP) that same year, he was appointed ministerial secretary to the minister of communication and works.

In 1954, he defeated J. E. Seyire of the Northern People's Party by 5,795 to 3,344 to retain his seat as a member of the legislative assembly.

[7][1] In 1951, along with winning the Kassena-Nankana South seat under the ticket of the CPP, was appointed as ministerial secretary to the minister of communication and works.

[10] As Minister for Agriculture, he led the Ghana delegation to a cocoa conference in September 1957.

He was given a state burial in his hometown in Navrongo, Upper East Region on 3 July 2004.

[2] Streets, roads, crescents and junctions have been named in honour of him, most popular amongst them are ones within the Accra Metropolitan specifically in Kotobabi and Maamobi.