Akintola Williams
Akintola Williams | |
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| Born | 9 August 1919 |
| Died | 11 September 2023 (aged 104) Lagos, Nigeria |
| Nationality | Nigerian |
| Occupation | Accountant |
| Known for | First Chartered African Accountant |
| Spouse | Mabel Efunroye née Coker |
| Children | Tokunbo Seni |
Chief Akintola Williams (9 August 1919 – 11 September 2023) was a Nigerian accountant. He was the first Nigerian to qualify as a chartered accountant.
Williams began his education at Olowogbowo Methodist Primary School, Bankole street, Apongbon, Lagos Island, Lagos, in the early 1930s; the same primary school his late junior brother Chief Rotimi Williams attended. His youngest brother Rev. James Kehinde Williams was a pastor in the same church, Olowogbowo Methodist Church.
His firm founded in 1952, later grew organically and through mergers to become the largest professional services firm in Nigeria by 2004. Williams participated in founding the Nigerian Stock Exchange and the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria. During a long career, he received many honours.
He married Mabel Efunroye Williams (née Coker) who was a member of the Coker family, a very prominent and influential family in Nigeria. Akintola Williams' brother-in-law, Mr. F.C.O Coker, along with Williams helped create the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) and Coker being the first president of ICAN.