Ms. Martha Beatrice Kamara nee Sallu has been overwhelmingly endorsed as head of the National Islamic Mission in Sierra Leone. In a move that observers have described as unprecedented, the daughter of the demised founder of the Mission, Alhaji Mohamed Brima Sallu, was the popular choice when the Education Secretary, head teachers, principals, and board of directors of the Mission met at the mission's headquarters at Dakia Street in Kenema.
During the meeting, which was also attended by family members and other relatives at home and from abroad, Education Secretary of the Mission, Mannah Lahai, revealed that the Mission has been grappling with numerous challenges, including administrative encumbrances and infighting among factions within the family, since the demise of the founder.
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