Accounting Legend, Pa Akintola Williams is Dead
Nigeria’s first indigenous chartered accountant, Pa Akintola Williams has reportedly died at age 104.
According to reports, Pa Williams died today, Monday around 9:00 a.m.
He recently celebrated his 104th birthday on the 9th of August 2023.
He was the first chartered accountant in Nigeria who pioneered Nigeria’s accounting profession and was instrumental in developing the country’s financial sector.
Born in 1919, he 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.
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