The Member of Parliament for Akuapem North and Vice Chairman of Parliament’s Committee on Public Administration and State Interest, Sammi Awuku, has shared personal accounts of how he has survived against all odds since childhood.
Speaking to a congregation in a viral video shared on social media on April 13, 2026, the former CEO of the National Lottery Authority (NLA) narrated a series of unfortunate incidents that could have ended his life at an early stage.
Awuku revealed that his parents, after giving birth to four girls in succession, had lost hope of ever having a boy.
He explained that his mother, weary of repeated childbirths, considered ending the pregnancy that eventually brought him into the world.
“One thing that has defined me so much and why I love God is because I shouldn’t have lived. My parents wanted to give birth to two children, a boy and a girl. The first was a girl, the second was a girl, the third was a girl and the fourth was also a girl. My mother didn’t want to give birth again.
“So, there were plans to make sure she never conceived again. But strangely, she got pregnant once more. My great-grandmother, who had already passed away, appeared in a dream to my grandmother and warned her to tell my mother not to abort this child,” he narrated.
He added that his mother, at the time, had actually been contemplating aborting the pregnancy.
“My mother had heard such promises before that the next one would be a boy but they had all turned out to be girls. She was not prepared to go through it again. I strongly believe, even though she doesn’t tell me directly, that she wanted to get rid of the pregnancy.
“She started bleeding and they thought the pregnancy was gone. But family pressure from my grandmother kept her holding on to faith. Nine months later, that child was born and today, that boy is a Member of Parliament,” he explained.
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Awuku further revealed that he battled another harrowing childhood experience, which occurred at another time in his younger years.
According to the MP, he was afflicted with boils all over his body.
“A year into my life, I developed several boils across my scalp. My parents took me to a traditional healer. The herbalist placed a knife in the fire and touched my father’s chest, then touched me, the baby he was holding. Each time the hot knife touched me, the mark appeared on my father. After repeating this, the herbalist declared, ‘This child does not belong here.’ That moment made my parents believe in God and they never turned their backs on him again,” he added.
Also, Sammi Awuku recounted an incident involving a madman in his hometown.
“Four years into my life, there was a popular madman in Koforidua called Kwadwo Gambia. One day, while my parents were outside and I was sleeping indoors, my father returned to the bedroom to pick something, only to find that the madman had scaled the wall and was standing inside with a cutlass in his hand. My father shouted and the man bolted. That day, I came face-to-face with death.
“If not for God’s grace, I shouldn’t have lived. And that is why I say, if you are here today, you are here because God has a purpose and a plan for you. Whatever you are going through, you are not the first person to face it. And whatever you are enduring, you are not alone,” he stated.
What God cannot do does not exist. Hon. Sammi Awuku recounts how he was born miraculously. Faith, hope and trusting in God. 👌🏼 pic.twitter.com/hLymBx3SnK
— CHARLOTTE NICOLE 🕊 (@charllycolegh) April 13, 2026
