The designer of Nigeria’s national flag, Taiwo Akinkunmi, has died. He was 87 years old.
Akinkunmi’s death was announced on Wednesday August 30, 2023 by his son Samuel Akinkunmi via a post on his Facebook page.
Samuel in the post wrote “Life is indeed transient; I can say boldly you lived a life with a landmark. Continue to rest on, my father! Pa Michael Taiwo Akinkunmi (O.F.R) Great Man has gone.”
The late Pa Akinwumi who hails from Owu in Abeokuta, Ogun state was born on May 10, 1936.
He attended Baptist Day Secondary School, Ibadan for his Primary education and Ibadan Grammar School, Ibadan for his Secondary education.
He took up an appointment as a civil servant at secretariat Ibadan.
After some years of service, he travelled overseas to study Agricultural Engineering at Norway Technical College.
In 1958, during his stay abroad, late Akinkunmi stumbled on an advertisement in a national daily calling for submission of designs for the Nigerian national flag in view of the imminent Independence from British governance.
