PRESS RELEASE
11/09/2023
The Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has joined the list of Dignitaries mourning the passing of elder statesman and Doyen of accounting in Nigeria, Chief Akintola Williams, who died at the age of one hundred and four years.
In a statement, Governor Obaseki says he is immensely saddened by the news of the passing of the elder statesman and doyen of Accounting in Nigeria, Chief Akintola Williams, who lived a long and fulfilled life, having made his mark as the first Nigerian to qualify as a chartered accountant and led an envious legacy as one of Nigeria’s most accomplished professionals in the Corporate world.
He described him as a rare breed Nationalist who was perhaps one of the few Nigerian Professionals who attained continental acclaim in pre-independent Nigeria, crossed over to the digital age and kept on with the changes of the times.
Obaseki noted that late Akintola Williams played a key role as a Nationalist, as he was a contemporary of key figures in Nigeria’s historical development, including Chief Obafemi Awolowo, fighting together for the independence of our dear nation and keeping on with the drive to see Nigeria lead the continent on different fronts.
Chief Williams, perhaps, made some of the most consequential contributions to the development of the Nigerian economy through his interventions in the setting up of the Nigeria Stock Exchange, NSE, and the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria, ICAN.
He was upright, intelligent and Cosmopolitan, making an enormous impact in the business Community and in promoting probity and good Governance.
The Governor who commiserated with the Williams family, friends and associates , prayed that God will grant all the fortitude to bear the irreparable loss.
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