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Taiwo Akinkunmi The Man. by MARQUIZ(m): 1:01pm On Oct 10, 2015 |
Taiwo Akinkunmi is a retired
Nigerian civil servant, born 10 May
1936. He is famous for designing
the Flag of Nigeria, commonly
called Mr. Flag Man.
Early life and career
Akinkunmi was born Michael Taiwo
Akinkunmi in Ibadan, of Yoruba
origin. He lived with his father
until age 8 before he relocated to
the Northern part of Nigeria. He
began his early education in the
North. After his father’s retirement,
he came down to the West and
was re-enrolled at Baptist Day
School, Idi-Ikan in Ibadan. He
finished from Baptist Day School
Idi-kan in 1949 and proceeded to
Ibadan Grammar School (IGS) in
1950 where he enjoyed a very
good education.
He left IGS in 1955 and took an
appointment as an agriculturist at
the Western Region Secretariat in
Ibadan as a civil servant. He would
then work some years before
gaining admission to the Norwood
Technical College in London where
he studied electrical engineering.
While studying there, he designed
the Nigerian Flag. He returned to
Nigeria in 1963 and went back to
the agricultural department at the
secretariat in Ibadan to continue
where he stopped. He worked as a
civil servant until 1994 and retired
as Assistant Superintendent of
Agriculture. He was honored with
Officer of the order of Federal
Republic (OFR) on 29 September
2014 at the conference center
Abuja.
Designing National Flag
He entered the competition which
he came across in a library. In his
own words, "I took details of what
and what is expected to design a
flag that would be used by a
country that was about to witness
the independence. I took part in
the competition and my design
was selected as the best in the
year 1958."
Akinkunmi's Original design
National Flag
Personal life
He is married with a wife and
children. He always wears the
colours of the flag he designed as
part of his attire, usually wearing a
green Yoruba cap, and painted his
house with a green-white-green
pattern.
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Re: Taiwo Akinkunmi The Man. by seunlayi(m): 1:08pm On Oct 10, 2015 |
Op, I won't be disappointed if this nice write up never get to the FP - no mention of Tonto Dikeh or Tiwa Savage in it 3 Likes |
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