Paul Edward Affum Okwabi

Paul Edward Affum Okwabi
Member of the Ghana Parliament
for Guan
In office
June 1965 – 24 February 1966
Preceded byNew
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
Personal details
Born
Paul Edward Affum Okwabi

(1916-03-07)7 March 1916
Akim Akroso near Akim Oda, Eastern Region, Gold Coast
NationalityGhanaian
Political partyConvention People's Party
Alma materAccra Academy
ProfessionPharmacist

Paul Edward Affum Okwabi was a Ghanaian pharmacist and politician. He was the member of parliament for the Guan constituency from 1965 to 1966.

Early life and education

Okwabi was born on 7 March 1916 at Akim Akroso near Akim Oda in the Eastern Region of Ghana (then Gold Coast).[1] He had his primary education at the Accra Grammar School from 1925 to 1926, Accra St. Mary's School in 1927 and Ashanti Effiduase Presbyterian Primary School from 1928 to 1929.[1] He attended Ashanti Mampong Presbyterian Middle School from 1930 to 1933 and enrolled at the Accra Academy for his secondary education from 1934 to 1940.[2] After a short stint teaching Arts after his secondary education, he entered the Government School of Pharmacy in 1941.[2] He completed his studies at the Government School of Pharmacy in 1944.[2]

Career and politics

After his studies at the Accra Academy, he served as an Arts master for about a year before entering the Government School of Pharmacy.[2] After his studies at the Government School of Pharmacy, he entered Government service from 1944 to 1947.[2] He then set up his own practice at Koforidua.[2] He became the Chairman of the Koforidua branch of the Ghana Society for the Prevention of Tuberculosis,[2] and a member of the Koforidua Town Development Committee.[3] He was a member of the Koforidua Hospital visiting committee and the chairman for the Eastern Region branch of the Ghana Society for the Blind and Rehabilitation.

Okwabi also served as a Lay Magistrate for the Eastern Region Juvenile Court and the Chairman of the amateur boxing referee/judge association of the Eastern Region. Okwabi also served as a presbyter and chief adviser for the Anum constituency branch of the Convention People's Party (CPP). He became a member of parliament for the Guan constituency on the ticket of the CPP from June 1965 until 24 February 1966 when the Nkrumah government was overthrown.[4][5]

Personal life

Okwabi's hobbies included playing table tennis, boxing, watching movies, gardening, and researching in drugs and herbs. He founded the Pharmaceutical Drug Company in 1961.[6][7][8]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Ghana Year Book 1966". Ghana Year Book. Daily Graphic: 238. 1966.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "Ghana Year Book 1966". Ghana Year Book. Daily Graphic: 238. 1966.
  3. ^ "Ghana Gazette, Issues 8-59". Government Printer. 1976: 649. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. ^ "West Africa Annual, Issue 3". James Clarke. 1966: 79. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. ^ "Parliamentary Debates; Official Report, Part 2". Parliamentary Debates. Ghana National Assembly: v. 1965.
  6. ^ "Ghana Gazette". Government Printer. 1967: 467. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  7. ^ "Ghana Gazette, Issues 1-35". Government Printer. 1975: 63. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  8. ^ Mark Botsio (1972). "Ghana Business Guide". Business Publications: 335. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)