Victor Adetunji Haffner | |
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Born | Lagos State | 1 September 1919
Died | 5 November 2015 (aged 96) |
Nationality | Nigerian |
Occupation | Telecom engineer |
Known for | President of the Administrative Council of the International Telecommunication Union |
Victor Adetunji Haffner (1 September 1919 – 5 November 2015) was a Nigerian communications engineer. 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. He represented Nigeria in various international telecom forums. In 1975 he was dismissed by the military regime, and became a consultant to a large Japanese company for many years.