FIRST NIGERIAN ENGINEER
Olayinka Herbert Samuel Heelas Badmus Macaulay popularly known as Herbert Macaulay (November 14, 1864 – May 7, 1946), was the first licensed civil engineer in Nigeria on December 5, 1893.
After earning a degree in civil engineering in England, he returned to Nigeria and worked for the colonial administration.
In 1899 Macaulay resigned to set up his own business, and he began a career of political protest against colonialism.
Through Civil engineering, Herbert Macaulay got into intimate contact with Nigerian traditional rulers and he became familiar with land ownership customs and laws that has been in place before colonialism.
He began publishing a newspaper, the Lagos Daily News, to champion the land and political rights of Nigerians.
Herbert Macaulay is also reputed as the first Nigerian to ever own a car.
His portrait also adorned the Nigerian 1 Naira currency note from 1979 to 1984.
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