A former Seminarian at St Therese of  Mvolye in Yaounde, he is a holder of a Baccalaureat in Philsophy and Letters obtained from confessional education, and his desire was to specialize in the teaching profession.This helped him enroll into the Higher Teachers Training College of Cameroon,  graduating as a teacher, with his first posting to Maroua in the Far North Region of Cameroon in 1975, before being appointed a year later as Attaché to the cabinet of the President the Economic and Social Council.