Akintola Williams, the first indigenous chartered accountant in Nigeria, has been reported dead. He died at the age of 104.
According to a source who does not want to be mentioned, Williams died at his house in Lagos on Monday morning.
The news of the demise of the doyen of Accounting in Nigeria, who attended the University of London ,has since been trending online and offline.
Williams pioneered Nigeria’s accounting profession and was instrumental in developing the country’s financial sector.
Born in 1919, Akintola William 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.
Akintola 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.
