LAGOS AUGUST 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-One of Nigeria’s most prominent living legends, Pa Akintola Williams, clocks 103 on Tuesday, August 9.
Pa Williams, the doyen of the accountancy profession in Nigeria, is the first chartered accountant in Africa. He was 30 years old when he achieved that feat.
He was born on August 9, 1919
He is one of the founding fathers of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), as well as the founding member and first president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) and the Musical Society of Nigeria (Muson Centre).
