In 1950, Djan became an active member of the CPP; the political party founded by Kwame Nkrumah, the Ghanaian government head from 1951 to 1966.
[4][5] In September 1957, Djan was elected General Secretary of a new Ghana Amateur Football Association (GAFA).
He had led a revolution that had toppled the administration of Richard Akwei, a respected councillor of Accra, who had ruled football in Ghana, then known as Gold Coast officially since 1952 and unofficially for some years before then.
Djan founded the Black Stars, Ghana's famous national team, and he strategically affiliated the Association with FIFA in 1958 and the CAF in 1960.
Although Djan left his GAFA chairmanship post due to this promotion, he continued to play a key role as General Secretary.
Sir Stanley Rous, FIFA's president then, described Djan as a 'valued' player at the World football governing body.
Due to the influential role he played in Nkrumah's government, Djan was banned from public activities by the National Liberation Council, the military junta that undertook the coup of 1966, thus resulting in a loss of his place on the FIFA Executive Committee and subsequently, at CAF too.
With the spotlight dimmed, Djan's power and activeness declined, and he spent the ensuing years away from mainstream football politics.
Ohene Djan challenged FIFA to reconsider the decision since it was unrealistic for Afro-Asian countries to go through the exercise, struggling through painful and expensive qualifying series to ultimately be offered one slot to fight for.