[1][2] Prior to his appointment, he was the defense attaché to Ghana's High Commission in Pakistan.

[5] In 1983 he resumed foreign service at the Ghana Embassy in the United States.

[6] In 1986 he was appointed managing director of Ghamot Company Limited.

[8] It is said that the aim of the meeting was to discuss how best they could also contribute in solving what they believed to be, "the worsening security situation in the country".

[8] The ban was lifted with immediate effect by the National Security Council on Tuesday 6 January 2009, a day before the swearing in of the then president elect, John Evans Atta Mills.