I assumed the Position of Director of Public Affairs on August 1, 2024. 

In addition to my core mandates within the University, I lecture Health Law and Nursing / Midwifery Ethics at School of Nursing and Midwifery at Level 300.

Work Experience

Before my current position, I served as the School Officer of School of Medicine. As the School Officer, I was the Head of Administration within the school reporting to the Dean. 

I earlier on served as the University's Vocational Training Coordinator, where I primarily oversaw the coordination of the vacation practical professional training programme within the University in its entirety, reporting to the Pro-Vice Chancellor.

Prior to this, I was the Head of Public Affairs within the University, where I had the opportunity to set up the Public Affairs Unit within the University (which has now become a directorate); creating desks for Public Relations, Documentation & Publications and Protocol & Passages. As the Head of Public Affairs, I, among others, worked with directorates, schools, units, committees and offices to ensure that Public Affairs is integrated at all levels of planning so as to see UHAS become a pre-eminent research and practically oriented health educational institution dedicated to community service. 

I have a goodly experience in Communication, having obtained a very instructive work experience with Strategic Communications Africa Ltd (Stratcomm Africa) – Accra, Ghana; an international total communication, reputation management and research agency dedicated to using communication as a means of enhancing performance in various contexts.

I served as a Strategic Plan Consultant / Facilitator working in the areas of child education and youth empowerment. In this role, I assisted in organizing workshops for a number of senior high school management teams in Ghana on how to write and implement a strategic plan.

I worked as a Law Lecturer, lecturing LLB students at Kings University College – Ghana, where I wrote course module handbooks for a number of LLB courses. I also worked as a Legal Assistant with a number of NGOs / charity organizations in the areas of minority rights, domestic violence and racial equality. At this position, my work involved researching and analyzing the implication of case law, legislations and regulatory matters.

I started my working life as English and History teacher at St. Mary’s Seminary Secondary School, Lolobi near Hohoe – Ghana, which also happens to be my alma mater.

Ghanaian Traditional Leadership Roles

I am the Dusimefia (Right-Wing-Chief) of Gbi Traditional Area in the Hohoe Municipality of Ghana and the Divisional Chief of Gbi-Bla, one of the nine divisions of Gbi Dzigbe. My position as Togbe Buami makes me the head of the Dzigbe ADONTIN of Gbi Dzigbe, comprising Gbi-Abansi, Gbi-Bla and Gbi-Kpeme. 

As Togbe Buami IX, I am the Second-in-command of Gbi Dzigbe (i.e. Gbi-Hohoe, Gbi-Bla, Gbi-Wegbe, Gbi-Kpoeta, Gbi-Kpeme, Gbi-Atabu, Gbi-Kledzo, Gbi-Abansi and Gbi-Godenu), second to only Togbega Gabusu, the Paramount Chief of the traditional state.