 Among his projects he pioneered non-traditional commodity exports from West Africa to the European Union in particular Cassava Chips, Groundnuts, Robusta Coffee, Hibiscus Flower, Red Sorghum, and Coarse Grain Cassava Flour (meal).Taking advantage of the free trade area established by ECOWAS he also established a trade in Palm Kernels exports from Ghana to Nigeria.In 1999, he split from the ruling NDC party, citing issues of corruption and disorganization.He founded the National Reform Party (NRP) and ran the following year on the NRP ticket.