He proceeded to the United Kingdom for his bachelor of arts degree at the University of Bristol.
In 1967 a year after the Nkrumah overthrow, he was appointed Chairman of Black Star Line.
[18][19][20] Prior to the inception of the second republic in 1969, he together with Dr. John Bilson founded the Third Force Party.
[23] During the 1969 Ghanaian parliamentary election he was the only member of the party to secure a seat in parliament.
He represented the Amenfi constituency in parliament[24] and was elected onto the opposition front bench from 1969 until 1972 when the Busia government was overthrown.
[25][7] He was decorated as a Knight Companion of the Lion of Judah by the late Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia.