Prominent Nigerians on Monday expressed sadness over the demise of Nigeria’s first chartered accountant, Akintola Williams.
He added that the legacies of the accounting veteran will never be forgotten.
The Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, in a statement, said the business community had lost a beacon of light and direction. Obaseki said, “I am immensely saddened by the news of the passing of elder statesman and the doyen of accounting in Nigeria, Chief Akintola Williams, who lived a long and fulfilled life, having made his mark as not only the first Nigerian to qualify as a chartered accountant but led an envious legacy as one of Nigeria’s most accomplished professionals in the corporate world.
Also expressing his condolences, Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State described the passing of Akintola Williams as the end of an era.
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