Tag: BREAKING: Foremost Accountant

  • BREAKING: Foremost Accountant, Akintola Williams Dies

    BREAKING: Foremost Accountant, Akintola Williams Dies

      Akintola Williams, Nigeria’s first indigenous chartered accountant, dies at 104. He 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,…