Akintola Williams

Pa Williams who was born on August 9, 1919, is the first African to qualify as a chartered accountant and the foremost chartered Accountant in Nigeria. See ...

. . . . . The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) has joined a host of others to celebrate the Doyen of Accountancy in Nigeria, Pa Akintola Williams on the occasion of his 103rd birthday.

Foremost accountant Akintola Williams on Tuesday clocked 103 and was surrounded by family and close friends.

Williams was Africa’s first chartered accountant and first president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN). “For many decades, he was a seasoned administrator, successful entrepreneur, experienced corporate leader and a dedicated public servant whose enormous contributions to the economic development of Nigeria will be celebrated for years to come. Foremost accountant Akintola Williams on Tuesday clocked 103 and was surrounded by family and close friends.

Pa Akintola Williams was the first president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria and played a leading role in establishing the association of ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has joined family and friends of renowned accountant, Chief Akintola Williams, to celebrate his 103rd birthday, appreciating God ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has joined the family and friends of the renowned accountant, Chief Akintola Williams, to celebrate his birthday.

You might be surprised that these little efforts can go a long way in helping you build a better and outstanding relationship…Buhari celebrates Chief President Buhari felicitated with Chief Williams for “scoring many firsts, which brought the spotlight to Nigeria and Africa, being the first Nigerian to qualify as a chartered accountant in England in 1949, and starting the first indigenous chartered accounting firm in Africa in 1952.” President Muhammadu Buhari has joined the family and friends of the renowned accountant, Chief Akintola Williams, to celebrate his 103rd birthday, appreciating God for the grace of long life, strength and impact, particularly in service to the country.

President Muhammadu Buhari has joined family and friends of renowned accountant, Chief Akintola Williams, to celebrate his 103rd birthday. | Pulse Nigeria.

The president also acknowledged Williams as a founding member and first President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria and full involvement in setting up the Nigerian Stock Exchange. He noted other historic achievements of the chartered accountant in establishing Association of Accountants in Nigeria in 1960 with the goal of training accountants. He said Williams was the first Nigerian to qualify as a chartered accountant in England in 1949, and starting the first indigenous chartered accounting firm in Africa in 1952.

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Wednesday, joined family and friends of renowned accountant, Akintola Williams, to celebrate his ...

The President, therefore, prayed for the wellbeing of the Chartered Accountant. Buhari’s birthday message was contained in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, titled, ‘President Buhari celebrates Chief Akintola Williams at 103.’

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has rejoiced with the nation's doyen of accounting, Chief Akintola Williams, as he marked his 103rd birthday anniversary, ...

A statement by his spokesman, Mallam Garba Shehu, recalled that as a veteran newsman with the reputable international news agency and Editor of Reuters Africa, Chiahemen was respected for his brilliant contributions and editorial role in covering news about Africa from a business and development perspective, beyond the narrow stereotypes of disaster and poverty. He also felicitated with Williams for scoring many firsts, being the first Nigerian to qualify as a chartered accountant in England in 1949, and starting the first indigenous chartered accounting firm in Africa in 1952. In a statement by Media Adviser, Femi Adesina, yesterday, Buhari joined the family and friends of the renowned accountant to appreciate God for long life, strength and impact, particularly in service to the country.