Victor Adetunji Haffner

He was trained as an engineer in England during the colonial era, then returned to Nigeria in 1956 where he held increasingly senior positions in the state-owned Nigerian PTT (Post, Telegraph and Telephone) or its NET subsidiary.His mother, Victoria Adepeju, was a niece of the lawyer John Augustus Otunba Payne (1839–1906), first African registrar of the Supreme Court of Nigeria.[3] In 1956 Haffner returned to Nigeria where he was assigned by the Posts and Telegraphs Department to Kano, in charge of the Aeronautical, Meteorological and Police Communications Network.[3] On 1 January 1963 Haffner was seconded to Nigerian External Telecommunications Limited (NET), a newly founded company, as Managing Director responsible for development projects.Haffner was dismissed and started a private telecom consultancy, advising Marubeni of Japan.
Lagos StateInternational Telecommunication UnioncreoleJohn Augustus Otunba PayneCMS Grammar School, LagosAkintola WilliamsNorthampton PolytechnicRegent Street PolytechnicInstitution of Electrical EngineersBritish Post OfficeMarconi Wireless Telegraph CompanyChelmsfordCable & WirelessCouncil for the Regulation of Engineering in NigeriaNigerian Society of EngineersMarubeni