Popular Veteran Chartered Accountant, Akintola Williams Is Dead, details can be accessed below.
BrandNewsDay reports that Veteran Accounting Practitioner and first indigenous chartered accountant, Mr Akintola Williams is dead.
This Nigeria News Platform learnt that the accounting maestro died at the ripe age of 104.
According to a source, the doyen of accounting died in his sleep in the early hours of today, Monday, September 11, 2023. Akintola was the country’s first indigenous chartered accountant, who pioneered Nigeria’s accounting profession.
The renowned accountant studied accounting at the University of London and qualified as a chartered accountant in 1947.
He returned to Nigeria and later set up his accounting firm, Akintola Williams & Co., now Deloitte & Touche, in 1952.
Williams was also a strong advocate for developing the accounting profession in Nigeria.
He was a founding member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) and was president from 1963 to 1965. He was also a member of the National Board of Accountants and Auditors.
Williams received many awards and honours, including the Order of the Federal Republic (OFR) and the Nigerian National Order of Merit (NNOM).
He was also a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.
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