Paul Edward Affum Okwabi

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]

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]

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]

• List of MPs elected in the 1965 Ghanaian parliamentary election