{"id":768206,"date":"2022-01-27T10:08:51","date_gmt":"2022-01-27T10:08:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/27\/why-i-drew-a-knife-at-my-friend-while-at-knust\/"},"modified":"2022-01-27T10:08:51","modified_gmt":"2022-01-27T10:08:51","slug":"why-i-drew-a-knife-at-my-friend-while-at-knust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/27\/why-i-drew-a-knife-at-my-friend-while-at-knust\/","title":{"rendered":"Why I drew a knife at my friend while at KNUST"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/maxresdefault-20-1024x576.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"vrKHUx0YCww\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sam George recounts pulling a knife on his friend on campus\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vrKHUx0YCww?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                    &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;\n                <\/p>\n<p>Member of Parliament (MP) for Ningo-Prampram, Sam Nartey George, has recounted how he drew a knife on one of his friends when he was studying at the tertiary level in Kumasi in 2001.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, as someone who had most of his basic education in Nigeria, it became difficult for him to fit in because he was \u201chot-tempered\u201d due to his exposure to what he described as \u2018Lagos lifestyle\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>He said contrary to the Ghanaian lifestyle where many looked unperturbed and cool-headed, Nigeria was a different place altogether. <\/p>\n<p>Narrating the incident that led to him pulling a knife, the Ningo-Prampram MP said he did it because his friend refused to pay him after he won a bet they had entered into. <\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>He said the tennis match was between Venus and Serena Williams and after winning the bet, his friend reneged on his obligation to pay. <\/p>\n<p>Sam George said as a result, he pulled the small weapon to threaten his friend to pay him the money owed him. <\/p>\n<p><em>Nigeria shaped who\u00a0 I am. I had most of my basic education in Nigeria and I came into Tech [KNUST] in 2001. In Nigeria, I was called \u2018Omo Ghana\u2019. I didn\u2019t fit in there and when I came home to Ghana too, my people called me \u2018Anago\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The Ghanaians<\/em> <em>looked too slow and dull\u2026 I got into a number of fights on campus.. One was with a guy who has now become a brother to me.. within the first weeks I pulled a small knife on him because we had had a bet on a match between Venus and Serena\u2026 I asked him and he didn\u2019t want to pay and after that people were like \u2018who is this guy?<\/em> He told Andy Dosty in an exclusive interview on Daybreak Hitz on Hitz FM.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO<\/strong>: <\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"SbIfvyMpdsY\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Chief disputes there was police escort accompanying vehicle carrying explosives \u2013 AdomTV  (26-1-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SbIfvyMpdsY?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; Member of Parliament (MP) for Ningo-Prampram, Sam Nartey George, has recounted how he drew a knife on one of his friends when he was studying at the tertiary level in Kumasi in 2001. 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