Chief Akintola Williams Biography, Doyen of Accounting, death, Career, Award and Recognition
Chief Akintola Williams was a Nigerian accountant and a key figure in the formation of the Egbe Omo Oduduwa, which he co-established with Dr Oni Akerele as President and the late Chief Obafemi Awolowo as Secretary, in London. He was born on 9 August 1919 and passed away on 11 September 2023. He was recognized as Nigeria’s inaugural chartered accountant.
In the early 1930s, Williams began his education at Olowogbowo Methodist Primary School, located on Bankole Street, Apongbon, Lagos Island, Lagos; this was the same primary institution his late younger sibling Chief Rotimi Williams attended.
His firm, established in 1952, grew both organically and through mergers to become Nigeria’s largest professional services company by 2004.
Williams played a role in the founding of both the Nigerian...
