Chief Mrs. Olutoyin Olusola Olakunrin, the first female chartered accountant in Nigeria and sub-Saharan Africa, slumped and died at St. Paul Anglican Church, Breadfruit, Lagos on Sunday.
The tragic incident comes months after the Ogun State-born accountant celebrated her 80th birthday.
She was said to have slumped in the course of the church service and pronounced BID (Brought In Dead) at the hospital she was rushed to, Tribune writes.
The late Mrs Olakunrin, who once served as Chairman of the Education Trust Fund, was the mother-in-law to Segun Agbaje, the Managing Director of Guaranty Trust Bank, who is married to Derin (née Olakunrin).
A UK-trained accountant, Mrs Olakunrin who qualified as a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England & Wales in 1963, served as a president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN).
She was the Chief Promoter of the Society of Women Accountants in Nigeria [SWAN], which she served as Chairman for over a decade and the first female President of the Institute of Directors [Nigeria], former member of the National Revenue Mobilization Allocation & Fiscal Policy Commission, Vision 20:2020 Committee, and Council of the Nigerian Stock Exchange.
A member of board of many establishments, she also served on the Council of Federal University of Ado-Ekiti, Redeemer’s University and Bells University of Technology, & Achievers’ University before her death.
She was bestowed with the national award of the Officer of the Federal Republic [OFR] by the federal government as well as chieftaincy titles from Owo, Ijebu-Ode, Abeokuta and Ijero-Ekiti.
