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| Jonathan decorating Pa Akinkunmi |
President
Goodluck Jonathan has placed Pa Taiwo Akinkunmi, the designer of the Nigerian
Flag, on the salary of a Special Assistant forever, according to a tweet by the
Special Assistant to the President on New Media, Reno Omokri (@renoomokri).
Taiwo
Akinkunmi is a Retired Nigerian civil servant (born May 10, 1936) and famous
for designing the Flag of Nigeria, popular called Mr Flag Man.
The national
flag is an adaptation of the winning entry from Taiwo Akinkunmi in a
competition held in 1959. The original had a red sun with streaming rays placed
at the top of the white stripe. This was removed by the judges and the flag has
not been altered since.
The designer
of the national flag was Michael Taiwo Akinkunmi, a twenty three-year-old
student. He was studying at Norwich Technical College in England when he saw an
advertisement in a newspaper that entries were being accepted for the design of
a new National flag.
In 1959
Akinkunmi’s design was chosen as the winner and was first officially used on
October 1, 1960, Nigeria’s Independence day.
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