Amoateng renounced his chieftaincy in 2004 in order to stand in the December 2004 parliamentary elections on the ticket of the NPP, adopting Bomini in the neighbouring Nkoranza North constituency in the Nkoranza District of the Brong Ahafo region of Ghana, as his home town.
In 2004, Amoateng stepped down as chief to run for parliament in December 2004 on the NPP platform, moving to Bomini in the nearby Nkoranza North constituency within Ghana's Brong Ahafo region, where he grew up.