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 10 May 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.


http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/09/jonathan-places-nigerian-flag-designer-pa-akinkunmi-life-salary/#sthash.G2p0Abd5.dpuf

Goodluck Ebele Jonathan is doing it

this should have been done a long time ago. when I saw him on d tv show, who deserves to be a millionaire, my heart broke.

Hype for re-election! Did he not give d same man national award in d previous years n he didn't envisaged dis? Or he suddenly see d need after expiration of an exhausted 4yrs? Does Jonathan thinks evry1 are as moronic as he's?