Okere Adams

Okere Adams was a Sierra Leonean politician. In 2002, Adams was appointed as the Minister of Marine Resources under Ahmed Tejan Kabbah. In September 2005, he switched portfolio's with Chernor Jalloh and became the Minister of Tourism and Culture. Adams was replaced by Hindolo Trye upon Ernest Bai Koroma becoming president in September 2007. Adams was a member of the Temne ethnic group. Okere Adams To Be Buried Tomorrow

Family sources confirmed in 2019 that Okere Adams passed peacefully and was laid to rest in his home town of Magburaka. Okere Adams passed away on Friday 8th March, 2019 at the 34 Military Hospital in Freetown. He served in various Cabinet positions in the Tejan Kabbah led SLPP administration between 1996 and 2007. He also served as National Organizing Secretary of the SLPP between 2002 and 2008. The late Okere Adams attended the Bo Government Secondary School and later Saint Edwards Secondary School in Freetown. He attended several higher institutions of learning in Germany and Switzerland after a brief stay in the United Kingdom. He died at the age of 77.