[2] He was appointed by President Nana Addo Danquah Akuffo-Addo in January 2017 and was approved by the members of parliament in February 2017.

He obtained a Master of Science degree in economics from the University of National and World Economy in Sofia, Bulgaria, in 1991.

[4] He worked as an operations manager at Kuapa Kokoo Credit Union before aspiring to political office.

[1][5][6] He became a member of parliament from January 2005 after emerging winner in the General Election in December 2004.

[5][6][7] In February 2020, after his party came back into office, he was appointed by President Nana Akuffo-Addo as the Ashanti regional minister.

[12] He was elected with 25,988 votes out of 37,194 total valid votes cast, equivalent to 69.87%, and elected over Suleiman Mohammed of the People's National Convention, Dr. Joseph Oteng Adjei of the National Democratic Congress and Gilbert Adler Alhassan of the Convention People's Party.

[6] In 2012, he won the general elections one more time on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party for the same constituency.