By Desmond Tunde Coker
The Ministry of Sports will for the first time get a female Minister. Mrs. Augusta James-Teima was appointed by H. E President Julius Maada Bio on Saturday.
She is the treasurer of the Sierra Leone Athletics Association. She is also a lecturer and head of the Physical Health Education Department at the Milton Margai Technical University, Goderich Campus. She is the Chairperson of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) party. With her track record in the field of sports, she is a disciplinarian.
She awaits parliamentary approval. After her approval she will manage over 40 sporting disciplines in the country.