- Nigeria has lost its first female chartered accountant, Chief Olutoyin Olusola Olakunrin
- Olakunrin slumped during church service on Sunday, June 3 at Saint Paul Anglican Church, Breadfruit, Lagos
- She was pronounced dead by the time she was rushed to the hospital
Nigeria's first female chartered accountant, Chief Olutoyin Olusola Olakunrin, on Sunday, June 3, slumped during church service at Saint Paul Anglican Church, Breadfruit, Lagos, and was pronounced dead at the hospital.
NAIJ.com notes that Olakunrin, who celebrated her 80th birthday in November 2017, was the first female chartered accountant in Nigeria and sub-Saharan Africa.
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She was from Gbagura, Abeokuta, Ogun state and married to Elder Simeon Olakunrin, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN).
The deceased, who served as the chairman of the Education Trust Fund during the administration of former president Olusegun Obasanjo, was also a past president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN).
Born on November 4, 1937, Olakunrin had her primary education in Nigeria, and completed her secondary and tertiary education in the United Kingdom.
Before her death, she served on the council of Federal University of Ado-Ekiti, Redeemer’s University and Bells University of Technology, and Achievers’ University.
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Meanwhile, NAIJ.com previously reported that a former president of the Court of Appeal and pioneer chairman of of the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC), Mustapha Akanbi, died on Sunday morning, June 3, around 1.am in Ilorin, Kwara state.
One of his children, Barrister Kabir Akanbi, who confirmed the death, said the foremost jurist would be buried on the same day.
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Source: Naija.ng