[1] On 27 May 2015, he obtained 85 votes[2] to be elected as the successor to former president Bethel Nnaemeka Amadi.
Under Amadi's presidency from 2012 to 2015, he served as the first vice-president of the Pan-African Parliament, representing the Central Africa Region.
[4][2] During the 2013 Cameroon People's Democratic Movement (CPDM) nomination process for the Cameroonian legislature, the list that Nkodo Dang led was initially disqualified in favor of that of Jean-Claude Bekolo Mbang.
The CPDM, under pressure from Cavaye Yeguié Djibril, President of the Assembly, decided to disqualify Bekolo Mbang's list and requalify that of Nkodo Dang.
Nkodo Dang is a member of the Yebekolo ethnic group, a sub-group of the Boulou people.