Nigeria’s Pioneer Chartered Accountant, Akintola Williams, dies at 104

According to a source, who does not want to be mentioned, Williams died at his house in Lagos, on Monday (today).

The graduate of accounting at the University of London was born in 1919.

In 1952, he founded the first indigenous chartered accounting firm in Africa, Akintola Williams & Co, in Lagos.

He was a founding member and first president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria.

He was honoured with the Order of the Federal Republic by the Nigerian Government in 1982.

In April 1997, Queen Elizabeth also honoured him with the title Commander of the British Empire.

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