Breaking! Nigeria’s Flag Designer, Taiwo Akinkunmi Is Dead 

Pa Michael Taiwo Akinkunmi (O.F.R) the man who designed the iconic Nigerian Flag, is dead

His son Akinkunmi Akinwumi Samuel who announced his demise via his Facebook 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”

Pa Akinwumi who hails from Owu in Abeokuta, Ogun state was born on 10 May, 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, 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.

He designed and submitted his work, and the rest, as the say, is now history! His flag was chosen among several others and he became an instant celebrity and a patriotic of immeasurable value for life. May his soul rest in peace.